dispel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dispel	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" Synonym(s): disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispel \Dispel"\, 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.