01 v. t. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as, to expel air from a bellows.
imp. & p. p.
Expelled
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To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as, to expel air from a bellows.“Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house?” — Judg. xi. 7.
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To drive away from one's country; to banish.“Forewasted all their land, and them expelled.” — Spenser.“He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye shall possess their land.” — Josh. xxiii. 5.
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To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.
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To keep out, off, or away; to exclude.
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5.
To discharge; to shoot.[Obs.]“Then he another and another [shaft] did expel.” — Spenser.