DISPEL

disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter

(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions; “She waved her hand and scattered the crowds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

dispel (third-person singular simple present dispels, present participle dispelling, simple past and past participle dispelled)

(transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.

(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.

Usage notes

• Common nouns collocating with "dispel": cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions, objections.

Noun

dispel (plural dispels)

An act or instance of dispelling.

Anagrams

• Spidle, diples, disple, lisped, pleids, spiled

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] Etym: [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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