EXPEL


Meaning of EXPEL in English

— expellable , adj.

/ik spel"/ , v.t., expelled, expelling .

1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.

2. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college.

[ 1350-1400; ME expellen expellere to drive out, drive away, equiv. to ex- EX- 1 + pellere to push, drive ]

Syn. 2. oust, dismiss, exile, excommunicate.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .