'Dispel' definitions:

Definition of 'dispel'

From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]
verb
To cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]

Definition of 'Dispel'

From: GCIDE
  • Dispel \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. [1913 Webster]
  • [Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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