v.tr. (expelled, expelling) (often foll. by from) 1 deprive (a person) of the membership of or involvement in (a school, society, etc.). 2 force out or eject (a thing from its container etc.). 3 order or force to leave a building etc. expellable adj. expellee n. expellent adj. expeller n.
[ ME f. L expellere expuls- (as EX-(1), pellere drive) ]