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Webster 1913 Edition

Expel

Ex-pel′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Expelled
,
p. pr. & vb. n.
.
Expelling
.]
[L.
expellere
,
expulsum
;
ex
out +
pellere
to drive: cf.F.
expeller
. See
Pulse
a beat.]
1.
To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject;
as, to
expel
air from a bellows
.
Did not ye . . .
expel
me out of my father’s house?
Judg. xi. 7.
2.
To drive away from one's country; to banish.
Forewasted all their land, and them
expelled
.
Spenser.
.
He shall
expel
them from before you . . . and ye shall possess their land.
Josh. xxiii. 5.
3.
To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like;
as, to
expel
a student or member
.
4.
To keep out, off, or away; to exclude.
“To expel the winter's flaw.”
Shak.
5.
To discharge; to shoot.
[Obs.]
Syn. – To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See
Banish
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Expel

EXPEL'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. expello; ex and pello, to drive; from the L. participle.]
1.
To drive or force out from any inclosed place; as, to expel wind from the stomach, or air from a bellows. [The word is applicable to any force, physical or moral.]
2.
To drive out; to force to leave; as, to expel the inhabitants of a country; to expel wild beasts from a forest.
3.
To eject; to throw out.
4.
To banish; to exile.
5.
To reject; to refuse. [Little used.]
And would you not poor fellowship expel?
6.
To exclude; to keep out or off.
7.
In college government, to command to leave; to dissolve the connection of a student; to interdict him from further connection.

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