[1651] dispel

[보카길라잡이]

tr.v. dis·pelled, dis·pel·ling, dis·pels

1. To rid one's mind of: managed to dispel my doubts.
2. To drive away or off by or as if by scattering. See Synonyms at scatter.

dispel

v 1: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, drive off, run off]

2: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, break up, scatter]

Synonyms: scatter, disperse, dissipate, dispel
These verbs mean to cause a mass or aggregate to separate and go in different directions.

Scatter refers to loose or haphazard distribution of components: “the scattered driftwood, bleached and dry” (Celia Laighton Thaxter).

Disperse implies the complete breaking up of the mass or aggregate: “only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed over the face of the whole earth” (George Chapman).

Dissipate suggests a reduction to nothing: “The main of life is composed... of meteorous pleasures which dance before us and are dissipated“ (Samuel Johnson).

Dispel suggests driving away or off by or as if by scattering: “But he... with high words... gently raised/Their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears” (John Milton).

[마스터현태]

dispel 1.(안개 등을)헤쳐 없애다. 2.(근심, 불안을) 쫓아버리다.

[정사랑]

헤쳐 없애다, 쫓아버리다

[영어정복한다]

헤쳐없애다

[mandoo]

dispel 쫓아버리다; 헤쳐 없애다