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Latin
Etymology
From dis- + pellō (“push, drive”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dispellō (present infinitive dispellere, perfect active dispulī, supine dispulsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to drive asunder, scatter, disperse
- (transitive, figuratively) to drive away, scatter, dispel, put an end to
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References
- “dispello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dispello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dispello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.