EXPEL
Ex*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expelled, p. pr. & vb. n.. Expelling.]
Etym: [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. Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house Judg. Xi. 7.
2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. Spenser. . He shell expel them from before you . . . and ye shell possess their land. Josh. xxiii. 5.
3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.
4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw." Shak.
5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. Spenser. .
Syn.
— To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See Banish.
EXPELLABLE
Ex*pel"la*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being expelled or driven out. "Expellable by heat."
Kirwan.
EXPELLER
Ex*pel"ler, n.