exorbitance, exorbitancy

[Latin exorbitans, pr. par. of exorbito.] [EXORBITANT.] 1. The act of going out of the track or course prescribed; a divergence, a deviation. "Since I cannot gue e at my owne public exorbit . ances."-Bp. Hall : Letter to Mr. H. S. 2. An enormity, a gro deviation from rule or right; boundle depravity, extravagance. "The reverence of my presence may be a curb to your exorbitancies ." -Dryden: Spanish Friar , iii. L. ex-or-bit-ant, a . [Fr., from Lat. exorbitans , pr. par. of exorbito =to go out of the track: ex =out, away, and orbita =a track; Sp. exorbitante ; Ital. esorbitante.] *I. Lit .: Going out of or departing from the right track. II. Figuratively : *1. Deviating from the course appointed, or rule established; overstepping rule or propriety. "These phenomena are not peculiar to earthquakes in our times, but have been observed in all ages, and particularly those exorbitant commotions of the waters of the globe." -Woodward : Natural History. *2. Anomalous; not coming under any settled rule or method. "The Jews, who had laws so particularly determining in all affairs what to do, were notwithstanding continually injured with causes exorbitant , and such as their laws had not provided for."- Hooker . 3. Enormous, extravagant, exce ive; out of all bounds or reason; as, the charges were exorbitant . ex-or-bit-ant-lý, adv . [Eng. exorbitant ; -ly.] In an exorbitant, exce ive, or extravagant manner. "She implored his grace not to think her so exorbitantly and vainly ambitious to wish herself a queen."-Sir G. Buck : Hist . Richard III . , p. 117. *ex-or-bi-tāte, v. i. [Lat. exorbitatus , pa. par. of exorbito =to go out of the track.] 1. Lit .: To go out of the track or course prescribed. "The planets sometimes have exorbitated beyond the distance of Saturn."- Bentley : Sermons, 8. 2. Fig .: To deviate, to wander, to go astray. "He did exorbate and swerve from the way of honestie."-P. Holland: Plutarch , p. 569. *ex-or-çiş-ā-tion, *ex-or-cis-a-cioun, s. [Eng. exorcis (e); -ation .] The act of exorcising, exor cism, conjuration. ěx'-or-çişe, *ěx'-or-çize, v . t . [Low Lat. exor cizo , from Gr. exorkizō -to drive away by adjuration: ez-out, away, and horkizō =to adjure; horkos =an oath; Fr. exorciser; Sp. exorcisar; Ital. esorcizzare .] 1. To drive away evil spirits from by the use of adjurations, prayers, and ceremonies; to free from unclean spirits. "Do all you can to exorcise crowds, who are in some degree po e ed as I am." -Spectator , No. 402. 2. To purify from unclean spirits by the use of adjurations, prayers, and ceremonies. "And exorcise the beds, and cro the walls." Dryden: Wife of Bath's Tale, 31. *3. To raise, to call up. "He impudently exorcizeth devils in the church."_ Prynne: 1 Histrio - Mastix , vi. 12.