Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dispel
Participle: dispeled; dispelled
Gerund: dispeling; dispelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dispel |
| you | dispel |
| he;she;it | dispels |
| we | dispel |
| you | dispel |
| they | dispel |
Perfect
| I | have dispeled; dispelled |
| you | have dispeled; dispelled |
| he;she;it | has dispeled; dispelled |
| we | have dispeled; dispelled |
| you | have dispeled; dispelled |
| they | have dispeled; dispelled |
Past
| I | dispeled; dispelled |
| you | dispeled; dispelled |
| he;she;it | dispeled; dispelled |
| we | dispeled; dispelled |
| you | dispeled; dispelled |
| they | dispeled; dispelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dispeled; dispelled |
| you | had dispeled; dispelled |
| he;she;it | had dispeled; dispelled |
| we | had dispeled; dispelled |
| you | had dispeled; dispelled |
| they | had dispeled; dispelled |
Future
| I | will dispel |
| you | will dispel |
| he;she;it | will dispel |
| we | will dispel |
| you | will dispel |
| they | will dispel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dispeled; dispelled |
| you | will have dispeled; dispelled |
| he;she;it | will have dispeled; dispelled |
| we | will have dispeled; dispelled |
| you | will have dispeled; dispelled |
| they | will have dispeled; dispelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dispel |
| you | dispel |
| he;she;it | dispel |
| we | dispel |
| you | dispel |
| they | dispel |
Perfect
| I | have dispeled; dispelled |
| you | have dispeled; dispelled |
| he;she;it | have dispeled; dispelled |
| we | have dispeled; dispelled |
| you | have dispeled; dispelled |
| they | have dispeled; dispelled |
Imperfect
| I | dispeled; dispelled |
| you | dispeled; dispelled |
| he;she;it | dispeled; dispelled |
| we | dispeled; dispelled |
| you | dispeled; dispelled |
| they | dispeled; dispelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dispeled; dispelled |
| you | had dispeled; dispelled |
| he;she;it | had dispeled; dispelled |
| we | had dispeled; dispelled |
| you | had dispeled; dispelled |
| they | had dispeled; dispelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dispel |
| you | would dispel |
| he;she;it | would dispel |
| we | would dispel |
| you | would dispel |
| they | would dispel |
Perfect
| I | would have dispeled; dispelled |
| you | would have dispeled; dispelled |
| he;she;it | would have dispeled; dispelled |
| we | would have dispeled; dispelled |
| you | would have dispeled; dispelled |
| they | would have dispeled; dispelled |
Imperative
| you | dispel |
| we | Let's dispel |
| you | dispel |
Verbs conjugated like 'dispel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dispel'
dispell,
diaper,
diesel,
dishelm,
dispeed,
dispend,
disple,
dister,
distil,
divel,
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1631, from L.
dispellere "drive apart," from
dis- "away" +
pellere "to drive, push." Since the meaning is "to drive away in different directions" it should not have as an object a single, indivisible thing (you can dispel suspicion, but not an accusation).
2. From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”). See: Latin '
dispello'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] community of Boston; and to note at every turn the humanising tastes and desires it has engendered; the affectionate friendships to which it has given rise; the amount of vanity and prejudice it has dispelled. The golden calf they worship at Boston is a pigmy compared with the giant effigies set up in other parts of that vast counting-house which lies beyond the Atlantic; and the almighty dollar sinks [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Mrs. Shelby was seated in her comfortable parlor, where a cheerful hickory fire was dispelling the chill of the late autumn evening. A supper-table, glittering with plate and cut glass, was set out, on whose arrangements our former friend, old Chloe, was presiding.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)