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dispel(dictionary)

het(2) (iou) and dispel (oh)


het(2) (iou)



het ppl adjective. LME.
[pa. pple of HEAT verb (cf. LEAD verb1, LED verb).]
Heated, hot. Long dial. LME.
Excited, agitated; upset. Foll. by up (exc. dial.). M19.
P. Lively Being overtired and overstrained and generally het up.

dispel (oh)



[T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: dispellere, from pellere 'to drive, beat']
to make something go away, especially a belief, idea, or feeling
::We want to dispel the myth that you cannot eat well in Britain.
::Light poured into the hall, dispelling the shadows.