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exercise ~ exorcise:
[slightly different middle vowel sound]
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physical exercises
“Exercise”, as a noun, means ‘use of any part of the body or mind so as to make it strong, or improve it, an act of putting something into play/practice, e.g. “While dealing with young children, we must exercise some caution.”; a set of questions to be answered by a student for practice’, and as a verb, it means ‘to take or cause to take some exercise — either a student preparing for an exam or any person working out to keep him-/herself physically fit/active; to put something, such as caution, to carry out some function’,
e.g.
He takes out his dog for some exercise.
Could you help me out with this exercise from my science book?
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exorcist(R) exorcising the victim (on the bed)
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“Exorcise” (verb) means ‘to drive out an evil spirit (ghost or demon) from a person or place by performing some religious rituals’; the noun form is “exorcism”, and the person who this exorcism is an exorcist, usually a priest, (or in olden days the witch-doctors)’,
e.g.
The mad boy’s parents took him to a priest to be exorcised.
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