English → Latin
“dispel” in Latin
pellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out; to strike, set in motion; to rout, put to flight,dispellōto drive asunder, scatter, disperse; to drive away, scatter, dispel, put an end todēpellōto drive out or away; remove, expel, repel; to drive, thrust or cast down; to drive or push away or dislodge an enemy frprōpulsōto drive forward, propel; to drive back, ward off, repel or repulse, avertdissolvōto unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy; to pay, discharge (a debt etc.); to abolish, abrogate, annulexcutiōto shake out, shake off, elicit, knock out, drive out, cast off, strike off; to throw from or off of a horse, chariot, sēlevōto raise or elevate; to alleviate or sooth; to weaken, lessendissipōto scatter, disperse, spread abroad; to dissipate or squander; to demolish, overthrow, destroy, ruincūracare, concern, thought; pains, industry, diligence, exertion; anxiety, grief, sorrowcālīgōfog, mist, vapor; darkness, gloom; fog, darkness (inability to perceive mentally)
The English word dispel itself goes back to Latin pellō, through dispello.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dispel
pellere (drive; e.g., moestitiam ex animo, Cic.; curas, Hor.): dispellere (scatter; caliginem, umbras, Verg.; tenebras, Cic.): depellere (drive away; morbum, pericula, molestias; metum alicui): propulsare (drive forth; chase away; morbos, Cels.; suspicionem a se, Cic.): dissolvere (dissolve; figuratively, alicujus gravitatem, Cic.): excutere (dash away; ineptias; severitatem): elevare (to takeaway; aegritudinem, sollicitudines, causas suspicionum): dissipare (e.g., curas, † Hor.). To dispel suspicions, suspiciones levare atque removere; suspicions diluere; causas suspicionum elevare: To dispel anybody’s fear, metum alicui levare (Cic.); metum alicui adimere (Quint.); metu exonerare aliquem (Liv.); metum removere (Liv.): metum or timorem alicui dejicere (Cic.); metum solvere († Verg., ); timorem tollere (Caes.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dispel?
- The usual Latin words for “dispel” are pellō, dispellō, dēpellō; also prōpulsō, dissolvō, excutiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.