EXORCISE

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. to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration, to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive), to free of an evil spirit, ~r noun