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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings;
- Example: "Drive away potential burglars"
- Example: "drive away bad thoughts"
- Example: "dispel doubts"
- Example: "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
[syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]

2. to cause to separate and go in different directions;
- Example: "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
[syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         [Satan] gently raised
         their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears.
                                                  --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]

         I saw myself the lambent easy light
         Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dispel
    v 1: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric
         meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad
         thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn
         back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away,
         drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive
         off, run off]
    2: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She
       waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse,
       dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]