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Expelled vs Exorcised - What's the difference?

expelled | exorcised |

As verbs the difference between expelled and exorcised

is that expelled is (expel) while exorcised is (exorcise).

expelled

English

Alternative forms

*expeled (US )

Verb

(head)
  • (expel)

  • expel

    English

    Verb

  • To eject or erupt.
  • (obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
  • * , II.xi:
  • But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell .
  • To remove from membership.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis
  • , title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism, work=Guardian citation , page=, passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}
  • To deport.
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), turf out

    Antonyms

    * impel

    exorcised

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (exorcise)

  • exorcise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * exorcize

    Verb

    (exorcis)
  • To drive out an evil spirit from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer
  • To rid a person, place or thing of an evil spirit
  • Derived terms

    * exorcism * exorcist

    Usage notes

    Unlike most verbs using the -ise/-ize'' suffix, ''exorcise'' is more commonly spelled with ''-s- even in American English. ----