Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dispelled"
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.
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