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Webster 1913 Edition

Dispel

Dis-pel′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dispel

DISPEL

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to drive., Gr. See Appeal, Peal, Pulse and Bawl.] To scatter by driving or force; to disperse; to dissipate; to banish; as, to dispel vapors; to dispel darkness or gloom; to dispel fears; to dispel cares or sorrows; to dispel doubts.

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