Exorcise
['eksɔːsaɪz] or ['ɛksɔr,saɪz]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one.
(v. t.) To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.
吉纳维芙校對
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Drive away (by conjurations), cast out.[2]. Deliver from malignant spirits, purify from evil influence.
安琪編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to adjure by some holy name: to call forth or drive away as a spirit: to deliver from the influence of an evil spirit.—ns. Ex′orcism act of exorcising or expelling evil spirits by certain ceremonies: a formula for exorcising; Ex′orcist one who exorcises or pretends to expel evil spirits by adjurations: (R.C. Church) the third of the minor orders.
安东尼編輯