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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dispel \Dis*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push,
     drive. See Pulse a beating.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           [Satan] gently raised
           their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears.
                                                    --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I saw myself the lambent easy light
           Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Dispel \Dis*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push,
     drive. See Pulse a beating.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  dispel
       v 1: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric
            meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away
            bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to
            turn back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away,
             drive out, turn back, drive away, drive off, run
            off]
       2: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She
          waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse,
           dissipate, break up, scatter]
       [also: dispelling, dispelled]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dispel
     Αγγλικά n.
     η διασκόρπιση
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 διασκορπίζω, διαλύω
     2 απομακρύνω, διώχνω, βγάζω (φόβο, υποψία)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dispel
     n.
     An act or instance of dispelling.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
     2 (lb en transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by
  proving them unjustified.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dispel
     n.
     An act or instance of dispelling.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
     2 (lb en transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by
  proving them unjustified.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dispel
     n.
     An act or instance of dispelling.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
     2 (lb en transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by
  proving them unjustified.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dispel
     n.
     An act or instance of dispelling.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
     2 (lb en transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by
  proving them unjustified.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dispel /dɪspˈɛl/
  بدّد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  dispel /[dɪˈspɛɫ]/ 
  разпръсквам, разсейвам
  to drive away by scattering

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dispel /dɪspˈɛl/ 
  rozptýlit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dispel /dɪspˈɛl/ 
  rozehnat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dispel /dɪspˈɛl/ 
  verbannen 
   see: dispelling, dispelled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dispel /dɪspˈɛl/ 
  verdrängen  [Sorgen]
     Synonym: drive away
  
   see: dispelling, driving away, dispelled, driven away
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dispel /dɪspˈɛl/ 
  vertreiben, auflösen, zerstreuen 
        "he/she dispels"  - er/sie vertreibt
        "I/he/she dispelled"  - ich/er/sie vertrieb
        "he/she has/had dispelled"  - er/sie hat/hatte vertrieben
        "dispel a fear"  - eine Befürchtung zerstreuen
        "dispel sb.'s doubts"  - jds. Zweifel zersteuen / vertreiben
        "dispel sb.'s sorrows"  - jds. Kummer vertreiben
        "dispel an idea"  - eine Idee verwerfen
   see: dispelling, dispelled
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dispel /[dɪˈspɛɫ]/ 
  haihduttaa, häivyttää, hälventää
  to drive away by scattering

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dispel /dɪspˈɛl/ 
  1. दूर~करना
        "My mother dispels the doubts and fears that I sometimes have."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  dispel /dɪspˈɛl/
  rastjerati, rasturiti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  dispel /dɪˈspel/ 
    rozwiewać

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  dispel /dɪspˈɛl/
  1. (pelled pelling) dağıtmak, defetmek, gidermek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/dɪˈspɛɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "dispel":
     attenuate, be consumed, be gone, blow off, break up, cast forth,
     cast off, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, clear away, crumble,
     dematerialize, depart, die, die away, die out, dilute, disappear,
     disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, dissolve,
     diverge, do a fade-out, do away with, drive away, dwindle, eject,
     eliminate, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expel, exterminate,
     fade, fade away, fade out, flee, fling off, fly, get rid of, go,
     go away, go separate ways, hide, leave no trace, leave the scene,
     liquidate, melt, melt away, oust, part, part company, pass,
     pass away, pass out, perish, purge, retire from sight, scatter,
     separate, shake off, shoo, sink, sink away, split up,
     suffer an eclipse, thin, thin out, throw away, throw off,
     unimportant, vanish, vanish from sight, volatilize, waste,
     waste away, wear away
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 驱散,驱逐;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 驱散,驱逐

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