EX'ORCISE, verb intransitive s as z. [Gr. to adjure, to bind by oath, an oath.] 1. To adjure by some holy name; but chiefly, to expel evil spirits by conjurations, prayers and ceremonies. To exorcise a person, is to expel from him the evil spirit supposed to possess him. To exorcise a demon or evil spirit, is to cast him out or drive him from a person, by prayers or other ceremonies. 2. To purify from unclean spirits by adjurations and ceremonies; to deliver from the influence of malignant spirits or demons; as, to exorcise a bed or a house.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI