dispel
dispel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- aside
- away
- banishment
- cart
- depart
- disestablish
- dislocation
- dislodge
- displace
- displacement
- displant
- draft
- eject
- ejectment
- element
- elocation
- empty
- exile
- fish
- homeless
- houseless
- its
- lade
- misplace
- misplacement
- off
- out
- place
- removal
- remove
- seclude
- set
- situation
- take
- the
- transfer
- transference
- transposition
- unharbored
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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