- To rid one's mind of: managed to dispel my doubts.
- To drive away or off by or as if by scattering. See synonyms at scatter.
[Middle English dispellen, from Latin dispellere : dis-, apart; see dis– + pellere, to drive.]
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Definition: drive away thought, belief
Antonyms: accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall
The verb has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Synonyms: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, drive off, run off
Meaning #2:
to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example
Synonyms: disperse, dissipate, break up, scatter
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bortjage, sprede
Nederlands (Dutch)
verjagen, wegnemen, uit de wereld helpen
Français (French)
v. tr. - chasser, dissiper
Deutsch (German)
v. - zerstreuen, verjagen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαλύω, διασκεδάζω, (δια)σκορπίζω, τρέπω σε (άτακτη) φυγή, διώχνω
Italiano (Italian)
dissipare, scacciare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - espalhar, dispersar
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - disipar, desvanecer
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fördriva
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
驱散, 使消散, 驱逐
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 驅散, 使消散, 驅逐
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (안개 등을) 흩어지게 하다, (고민 등을) 털다, 쫓아 보내다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 追い散らす, 払い去る, 散る, 追い払う
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يبدد, يزيل
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - הפיג, סילק, פיזר
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