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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

dis·pel / disˈpel/ • v. (-pelled , -pel·ling ) [tr.] make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear: the brightness of the day did nothing to dispel Elaine's dejection. ∎ drive (something) away; scatter: sprinkle catnip tea to dispel beetles from garden plants. DERIVATIVES: dis·pel·ler n.

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dispel

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

dispel XVII. — L. dispellere, f. DIS- 1 + pellere drive.

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dispel

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

dispel •Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell •Buñuel • Pachelbel • handbell •barbell • harebell • decibel • doorbell •cowbell • bluebell • Annabel •mirabelle • Christabel • Jezebel •Isabel, Isobel •nutshell • infidel • asphodel •zinfandel • Grenfell • Hillel • parallel •Cozumel • caramel • Fresnel •pimpernel • pipistrelle • Tricel •filoselle

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