3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Expel \Ex*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expelled}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Expelling}.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See {Pulse} a beat.] 1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as, to expel air from a bellows. [1913 Webster] Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house? --Judg. xi. 7. [1913 Webster] 2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. [1913 Webster] Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. --Spenser. . [1913 Webster] He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye shall possess their land. --Josh. xxiii. 5. [1913 Webster] 3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member. [1913 Webster] 4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. --Spenser. . Syn: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See {Banish}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: expel v 1: force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" [syn: {throw out}, {kick out}] 2: put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom" [syn: {eject}, {chuck out}, {exclude}, {throw out}, {kick out}, {turf out}, {boot out}, {turn out}] 3: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" [syn: {oust}, {throw out}, {drum out}, {boot out}, {kick out}] 4: cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" [syn: {rout}, {rout out}] 5: eliminate (substances) from the body [syn: {discharge}, {eject}, {release}] [also: {expelling}, {expelled}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: expelled See {expel}
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