dispel

To dispel is defined as to drive away or make disappear.

(verb)

An example of to dispel is to prove a rumor to be false.

See dispel in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to scatter and drive away; cause to vanish; disperse

Origin: ME dispellen < L dispellere < dis-, apart + pellere, to drive: see felt

See dispel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dis·pelled, dis·pel·ling, dis·pels

Origin:

Origin: Middle English dispellen

Origin: , from Latin dispellere

Origin: : dis-, apart; see dis-

Origin: + pellere, to drive; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots

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