dispel

dispel
I verb banish, bestow, bestrew, break up, broadcast, cast adrift, cast off, cast out, deal out, diffuse, discharge, discutere, disintegrate, dismiss, dispellere, disperse, disperse completely, disseminate, dissipare, dissipate, dissolve, do away with, drive away, drive away by scattering, drive off in various directions, eject, expel, fling off, get rid of, loose, push away, put into circulation, radiate, release, remove, rout, scatter, send, send flying, send home, set abroach, set aside, set asunder, shake off, spread, strew, string out, throw away, throw off, turn adrift, utterly disperse associated concepts: dispel an inference II index disband, disorganize, disperse (scatter), disprove, dissolve (disperse), extinguish, obliterate, quash, repel (drive back), repulse

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  • dispel — means ‘to drive away in different directions, to disperse’, and is used literally with reference to fog, mist, clouds, and so on and (more commonly) with generalized abstract nouns (dispel fear / dispel myths / dispel notions / dispel suspicions) …   Modern English usage

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dispel — c.1400, dispelen, from L. dispellere drive apart, from dis away (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + pellere to drive, push (see PULSE (Cf. pulse) (1)). Since the meaning is to drive away in different directions it should not have as an object a single,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • dispel — dissipate, disperse, *scatter Analogous words: expel, *eject, oust, dismiss: disintegrate, crumble (see decay) Contrasted words: *accumulate, amass: *gather, collect, assemble …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • dispel — [v] drive away thought, belief allay, banish, beat off*, break it up*, break up*, bust up*, cancel, chase away, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout …   New thesaurus

  • dispel — ► VERB (dispelled, dispelling) ▪ make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear. ORIGIN Latin dispellere drive apart …   English terms dictionary

  • dispel — [di spel′] vt. dispelled, dispelling [ME dispellen < L dispellere < dis , apart + pellere, to drive: see FELT] to scatter and drive away; cause to vanish; disperse SYN. SCATTER …   English World dictionary

  • dispel — UK [dɪˈspel] / US verb [transitive] Word forms dispel : present tense I/you/we/they dispel he/she/it dispels present participle dispelling past tense dispelled past participle dispelled to get rid of unpleasant feelings or false beliefs He was… …   English dictionary

  • dispel — [c]/dɪsˈpɛl / (say dis pel) verb (dispelled, dispelling) –verb (t) 1. to drive off in various directions; scatter; disperse; dissipate: to dispel vapours; to dispel fear. –verb (i) 2. Rare to be scattered; melt away: the forces will dispel.… …  

  • dispel — dispellable, adj. dispeller, n. /di spel /, v.t., dispelled, dispelling. 1. to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate: to dispel the dense fog. 2. to cause to vanish; alleviate: to dispel her fears. [1625 35; < L dispellere to drive …   Universalium

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