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dispel

Pronunciation: [dɪˈspɛɫ]

The English word “dispel” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
  2. To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
  3. To get rid of or manage without.

noun

  1. An act or instance of dispelling.

Etymology

From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”).

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