Definition of Dispelling

1. Verb. (present participle of dispel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dispelling

1. dispel [v] - See also: dispel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dispelling

dispauperizes
dispauperizing
dispaupers
dispeace
dispeaces
dispeed
dispeeded
dispeeding
dispeeds
dispel
dispell'd
dispellable
dispelled
dispeller
dispellers
dispelling (current term)
dispels
dispence
dispenced
dispences
dispend
dispended
dispender
dispenders
dispending
dispends
dispensability
dispensable
dispensableness
dispensaries

Literary usage of Dispelling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army by Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds (1999)
"MY CONSTANT COMPANION - dispelling THE BLUES - GENTLE NELLIE - FACES IN THE ... She was a splendid woman, and had the best faculty of dispelling the blues ..."

2. The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science by Henri Poincaré (1913)
"The Mind dispelling Optical Illusions.—Actual perception of spatial properties is accompanied by movements corresponding to its character. ..."

3. The Legion of Liberty: And Force of Truth, Containing the Thoughts, Words by Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy (1857)
"Freedom's glorious Sun, dispelling the black chaos of Slavery. May this great monument, ... dispelling ..."

4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1856)
"... partially elucidating some obscure passage in the progress of society : dispelling favourite or deluding visions or dreams : cutting, when practicable, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Dispelling on Dictionary.com!Search for Dispelling on Thesaurus.com!Search for Dispelling on Google!Search for Dispelling on Wikipedia!

Search