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Dispel

/[dɪˈspɛɫ]/ noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act or instance of dispelling.

    "“My dispel didn't work,” she said finally. “He wasn't a blood witch, Sunny,” I said."

Verb
  1. 1
    To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering. transitive

    "The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun."

  2. 2
    force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified. transitive

    "It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts."

  4. 4
    to cause to separate and go in different directions wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”).

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