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dispel

verb
/dɪˈspɛɫ/

Etymology

From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”).

  1. derived from dispello
  2. inherited from dispelen

Definitions

  1. To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.

    • The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun.

  2. To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.

  3. To get rid of or manage without.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An act or instance of dispelling.

      • “My dispel didn't work,” she said finally. “He wasn't a blood witch, Sunny,” I said.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dispel. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at dispel. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at dispel

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA