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Definition
to drive away (get rid of) — especially a feeling or idea
- The first vision of Rosamond would have been enough with most judges to dispel any prejudice excited by Mrs. Lemon's praise.Book 1 — Miss Brooke (79% in)
- Bad work like this dispelled all Caleb's mildness.Book 6 — The Widow and Wife (31% in)
There are no more uses of "dispel" in Middlemarch.
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