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dispel definition

dis·pel (di spel′)

transitive verb dispelled -·pelled′, dispelling -·pel′·ling

to scatter and drive away; cause to vanish; disperse

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

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