EXPEL', v.t. [L. expello; ex and pello, to drive; from the L. participle.] 1. To drive or force out from any inclosed place; as, to expel wind from the stomach, or air from a bellows. [The word is applicable to any force, physical or moral.]2. To drive out; to force to leave; as, to expel the inhabitants of a country; to expel wild beasts from a forest.3. To eject; to throw out.4. To banish; to exile.5. To reject; to refuse. [Little used.]And would you not poor fellowship expel?6. To exclude; to keep out or off.7. In college government, to command to leave; to dissolve the connection of a student; to interdict him from further connection.
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