All 3 Uses of
dispel
in
The Aeneid
- My father, long revolving in his mind The race and lineage of the Trojan kind, Thus answer'd their demands: 'Ye princes, hear Your pleasing fortune, and dispel your fear.†
Book 3 *
- So, from the seas, exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heav'n are led; Shakes from his rosy locks the pearly dews, Dispels the darkness, and the day renews.†
Book 8
- When he begins, the silent senate stand With rev'rence, list'ning to the dread command: The clouds dispel; the winds their breath restrain; And the hush'd waves lie flatted on the main.†
Book 10
Definition:
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(dispel) to drive away (get rid of) -- especially a feeling or idea