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1 definition 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.
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