Ex-pēl', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXPELLED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXPELLING.] [Lat. expellere, from ex, out of, from, and pellere, to drive; Sp. expeler, Pr. & Pg. expellir, It. espellere, Fr. expeller, expulser.]

1. To drive or force out from that within which any thing is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as, to expel air from a bellows.
2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. Spenser.
3. To cut off from farther 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 law.” Shak.

Syn.—To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See BANISH.