About The Word Dispel
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Dispel
Dispel Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dispel?
[v] force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
[v] to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows." Synonyms | Synonyms for Dispel: break up | chase away | disperse | dissipate | drive away | drive off | drive out | run off | scatter | turn back Related Terms | Find terms related to Dispel: attenuate | be consumed | be gone | blow off | break up | cast forth | cast off | cease | cease to be | cease to exist | clear away | crumble | dematerialize | depart | die | die away | die out | dilute | disappear | disband | disintegrate | dismiss | disperse | dissipate | dissolve | diverge | do a fade-out | do away with | drive away | dwindle | eject | eliminate | erode | evanesce | evaporate | exit | expel | exterminate | fade | fade away | fade out | flee | fling off | fly | get rid of | go | go away | go separate ways | hide | leave no trace | leave the scene | liquidate | melt | melt away | oust | part | part company | pass | pass away | pass out | perish | purge | retire from sight | scatter | separate | shake off | shoo | sink | sink away | split up | suffer an eclipse | thin | thin out | throw away | throw off | unimportant | vanish | vanish from sight | volatilize | waste | waste away | wear away See Also | banish | clear the air | disband | displace | divide | fire | frighten | move | separate | shoo | shoo away | shoo off Dispel In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispelled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Dispelling}.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push,
drive. See {Pulse} a beating.]
To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to
clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud,
vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.
[Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and
dispelled their fears. --Milton.
I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown
horror, and dispel the night. --Dryden.
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