EXPEL', verb transitive [Latin expello; ex and pello, to drive; from the Latin 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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI