dispels

verbdrive away thought, belief

Synonyms for dispels

verb drive away thought, belief

Antonyms for dispels

Word Origin & History

c.1400, dispelen, from Latin dispellere "drive apart," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + pellere "to drive, push" (see pulse (n.1)). Since the meaning is "to drive away in different directions" it should not have as an object a single, indivisible thing (you can dispel suspicion, but not an accusation). Related: Dispelled; dispelling.

Example Sentences for dispels

A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.

It is like a flash which dispels the night in a prairie thunderstorm.

Science, no less than common sense, dispels Christian superstition.

There is movement now, it brings life and dispels the gloom.

The sun shines and dispels the darkness, and makes it light.

A close reading of the article, however, dispels this impression.

The saint's winding-sheet, carried in procession, dispels the plague that had been ravaging the city.

The morning sun dispels the mist, and in an hour the gay frost-work vanishes.

The morning sun dispels the cold mist that hangs about the mountain peaks, and in a few hours the snow is melted.

The light in some fashion interfered or dispels the racket that spawns the darkness.