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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dispel v 1: force to go away used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars'; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts" [syn: {chase away}, {drive out}, {turn back}, {drive away}, {drive off}, {run off}] 2: to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows." [syn: {disperse}, {dissipate}, {break up}, {scatter}]
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