Exorcise



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.驱魔;去除 ( 坏念头等)
• ［英］ v.驱魔 ( to drive or expel an evil spirit by religious or solemn ceremonies) ;
• ［记］ ex+sorc ( 巫术) +ize -> 用巫术赶出 -> 驱邪
• ［同］ 同根词: sorcery ( 巫术, 魔术) ; sorcerer ( 巫师) 派生词: exorcism ( n.驱鬼, 伏魔)

Webster Collegiate

also exorcize transitive verb (-cised; also -cized; -cising; also -cizing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French exorciscer, from Late Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein, from ex- + horkizein to bind by oath, adjure, from horkos oath
• Date: 1539
• 1.
  • a. to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
  • b. to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive)
• 2. to free of an evil spirit
• ? exorciser noun

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