Vymít

Vymít is a Czech term primarily associated with the act of banishing or driving out a malevolent presence, most often in a religious context. The standard infinitive form used in most dictionaries is vymítit, with the imperfective counterpart vymítat. The related noun vymítání denotes the act itself, that is, the procedure or rite of exorcism or expulsion.

In religious usage, vymít refers to rites carried out by clergy to remove demons or evil influences from a person, place, or object. The concept is closely linked to exorcism and possession in Christian traditions, and it appears in liturgical texts, hagiographies, and historical accounts. Outside strictly religious discourse, the term can appear in literary or metaphorical language to describe the removal of harmful or unwanted influences, though more common verbs for general expulsion include vyhnat or vypudit, depending on nuance.

Vymít is considered a formal or somewhat archaic term in contemporary Czech. In everyday speech, speakers more often use other expressions to convey the idea of expulsion or purging, reserving vymít for explicit references to exorcism or in stylistically elevated contexts.

See also: exorcism, exorcist, possession, banishment, vyhnat.