| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To entrap.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To demarcate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To cover. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To check. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To acquire or make. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To implore or plead. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To characterize, indicate, read or show. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To beg, beseech, entreat, pray or supplicate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To endorse or subscribe.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb exorcise.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (exorcise) | 1. Expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits".[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: exorcising, exorcised, exorcises, exorcist, exorcists, exorcisingly and exorcisedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EXORCISING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXORCISING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Expelling evil spirits by prayers and ceremonies.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of exorcise. (references) | ||
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