dispel
verb C1- To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering. · The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun.
- To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
- To get rid of or manage without.
He/she/it dispels · Past dispelled · Past participle dispelled · -ing form dispelling
Verb forms
- Base form
- dispel
- He/she/it
- dispels
- Past
- dispelled
- Past participle
- dispelled
- -ing form
- dispelling
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Wickham’s society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family.
I imagined at the time that he had some strong reason for not alluding to it, but he soon dispelled the idea by coming round to the subject of his own accord.
The sight of the safe, the saucer of milk, and the loop of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have remained.
The emperor is more strict in prison discipline than even Louis himself, and the number of prisoners whose names are not on the register is incalculable.” Had Morrel even any suspicions, so much kindness would have dispelled them.
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