What does "expel" mean?
Expel: 2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. Spenser. . He shell expel them from before you . . . and ye shell possess their land. Josh. xxiii.
Additional senses
- 2.3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.
- 3.To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw." Shak.
- 4.To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. Spenser. . See Banish.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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