dispel
[dɪˈspɛɫ]
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act or instance of dispelling.
Example Sentences
- "The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun."
- "It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts."
- "The fate of the railway from Ballater to Braemar has been invested with an air of mystery, which has never been completely dispelled. It has been suggested that Queen Victoria was opposed to a railway in the vicinity of Balmoral Castle, and intervened personally to secure the abandonment of the line beyond Ballater."
- "“My dispel didn't work,” she said finally. “He wasn't a blood witch, Sunny,” I said."
Etymology
From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”).