DISPEL

dispel. Dispel, v.t. to drive off or away, banish, disperse

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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. 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.