Dispel
[dɪ'spel] or [dɪ'spɛl]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
Editor: Simon
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Disperse (completely), scatter, dissipate, banish, drive away.
Editor: Xenia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disperse, scatter, dissipate, drive_away, dismiss
ANT:Collect, recall, summon, convene, congregate, conglomerate, mass, accumulate
Typed by Ada
Definition
v.t. to drive away: to make disappear: to banish:—pr.p. dispel′ling; pa.p. dispelled′.
Typist: Robbie
Examples
- She went to the window, and threw it open, to dispel the oppression which hung around her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But she would not be put off; secure of his unaltered love, she was willing to undertake any labour, use any entreaty, to dispel his anger. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It nearly broke my heart to dispel her delusion, and to bring her face to face with the hard truth. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The chapel was hung with black, and the blaze of hundreds of wax-lights was scarcely sufficient to dispel the darkness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tom sat up in bed, and rubbed his eyes to dispel the illusion. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The first vision of Rosamond would have been enough with most judges to dispel any prejudice excited by Mrs. Lemon's praise. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The sight of the safe, the saucer of milk, and the loop of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have remained. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Bad work like this dispelled all Caleb's mildness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Since that little cloud was dispelled all the temporary waste and wanness have vanished. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Adrian was on horseback; he rode up to the carriage, and his gaiety, in addition to that of Raymond, dispelled my sister's melancholy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The mention of the dinner dispelled Miss Stepney's last scruples. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- How then would he use his power when her expression of contempt had dispelled his one motive for restraint? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It dispelled the visions--and it was bearable because it did that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For, as the song says--subject to your correction, sir-- “When the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled if Venus appears. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Wickham's society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs. Shelby was seated in her comfortable parlor, where a cheerful hickory fire was dispelling the chill of the late autumn evening. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You are right; and the presence of gentlemen dispels the last charm, I think. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Nadine