| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To scatter, dissipate, squander or disband.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To waste, consume, fritter or refuse. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To disintegrate or divide. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To remove, eliminate, evacuate, exclude or kidnap. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To allay or relieve. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To pop or poke.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Present participle conjugation of the verb dispel.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (dispel) | 1. Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "dispel doubts".[Wordnet]. 2. To cause to separate and go in different directions.[Wordnet]. 3. To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: dispelling, dispelled, dispels, dispeller, dispellers, dispellingly and dispelledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DISPELLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1693. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISPELLING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Driving away; dispersing; scattering.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of dispel. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
