English Dictionary: 'expelled' | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Expel \Ex*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expelled}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Expelling}.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See {Pulse} a beat.] 1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows. Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house? --Judg. xi. 7. 2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. --Spenser. . He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye shall possess their land. --Josh. xxiii. 5. 3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member. 4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. [bd]To expel the winter's flaw.[b8] --Shak. 5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. --Spenser. . Syn: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See {Banish}. |