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What (who) is exorcize - definition
exorcize
(exorcizes, exorcizing, exorcized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'exorcise'
1.
If you exorcize a painful or unhappy memory, you succeed in removing it from your mind.
He confronted his childhood trauma and tried to exorcise the pain...
VERB: V n
2.
To exorcize an evil spirit or to exorcize a place or person means to force the spirit to leave the place or person by means of prayers and religious ceremonies.
They came to our house and exorcised me...
VERB: V n
exorcize
or exorcise '?ks?:s??z
¦ verb
1. drive out (a supposed evil spirit) from a person or place.
2. completely remove (something unpleasant) from the mind.
Derivatives
exorcism noun
exorcist noun
Origin
ME (in sense 'conjure up an evil spirit'): from Fr. exorciser or eccles. L. exorcizare, from Gk exorkizein, from ex- 'out' + horkos 'oath'.
Examples of use of exorcize
1. Instead they decry them as Kinijit and try to exorcize the specter.
2. The famously rowdy pre–Lenten festival is the time for Brazilians to exorcize demons and take stock of the year.