dispel
verb/dɪˈspel/
/dɪˈspel/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dispel | /dɪˈspel/ /dɪˈspel/ |
| he / she / it dispels | /dɪˈspelz/ /dɪˈspelz/ |
| past simple dispelled | /dɪˈspeld/ /dɪˈspeld/ |
| past participle dispelled | /dɪˈspeld/ /dɪˈspeld/ |
| -ing form dispelling | /dɪˈspelɪŋ/ /dɪˈspelɪŋ/ |
- dispel something to make something, especially a feeling or belief, go away or disappear
- His speech dispelled any fears about his health.
Extra Examples- Talking to Pam helped to dispel my doubts about the holiday.
- The chairman quickly dispelled rumours that he was planning to resign.
- This report dispels the notion that boys learn more quickly than girls.
- We need some good news to dispel the gloom.
- trying to dispel some of the myths about old age
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDispel is used with these nouns as the object:- anxiety
- confusion
- doubt
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin dispellere, from dis- ‘apart’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
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