Associations to the word «Dispelling»

Wiktionary

DISPEL, verb. To drive away by scattering, or to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate.

Dictionary definition

DISPEL, verb. Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers".
DISPEL, verb. To cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope