Both Uses of
dispel
in
Wuthering Heights
- I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.†
Chpt 2 *
- In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw — Heathcliff — Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres — the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(dispel) to drive away (get rid of) -- especially a feeling or idea