English Explanatory Dictionary

dispel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
  2. To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
  3. To get rid of or manage without.
noun
  1. An act or instance of dispelling.

Pronunciation

[dɪˈspɛɫ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dispel.wav

Word forms

dispel dispels dispelling dispelled

Etymology

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

Synonyms

disperse cast away cast off

Related words

dispulsion

Derived words

dispellable dispeller dispelment redispel undispelled
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