dispel
/dɪˈspel/dih-SPEL
/dɪˈspɛl/dih-SPEL
Meaningto drive apart
Common meaning: to make a feeling or belief go away
- disapart, away; not
- pelto drive, pushLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1326 · scan
‘apart, away’ + ‘to drive, push’ → dispel
Journey through time
- Latindispellere‘to drive away’source
- Englishdispel‘to make a feeling or belief go away’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pellō ‘to drive, push’.
Roots
- pellō, pepulī, pulsum Latin “to drive, push”
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