OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 14156

dispel

[dɪˈspɛɫ]
Meanings (ES + gloss)
disipar • dispersar
To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun.
aclarar • desparecer • despejar • desvanecer • difuminar • dilucidar • disipar • dispeler • elucidar • esclarecer
To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
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 skyward…
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…