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   dispel

   /dɪˈspɛl/

   verb

   • 1. make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear: "the brightness of the day did nothing to dispel Elaine's dejection"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin dispellere, from dis- ‘apart’ + pellere ‘to drive’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dispeller noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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