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2 definitions found 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. ``To expel the winter's flaw.'' --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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expel v 1: as from a country [syn: {throw out}, {kick out}] 2: put out or expel from a place "The child was expelled from the classroom" [syn: {eject}, {chuck out}, {exclude}, {throw out}, {kick out}, {turf out}, {boot out}, {turn out}] 3: remove from office [syn: {oust}, {throw out}, {drum out}, {boot out}, {kick out}] 4: cause to flee [syn: {rout}, {rout out}] 5: eliminate, as of bodily substances [syn: {discharge}, {eject}, {release}]
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