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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1596
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Expel(l, v. [ME. expelle (Chaucer), OF. expeller, L. expellere.] tr. To force or drive out; to eject: a. a person (or animal) from a place.1456 Hay I. 44/27.
The peple of Rome expellit him and his fader bathe … out of Rome a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1007.
The nycht walkaris for till expell … he maid ane law 1513 Doug. i. vii. 33.
Lyke to the beys … [that] fra thar hyve … Expellis … the faynt drone be 1548 Ayr B. Ct. 15 Oct.
That na swyne be haldyn … bot that thai be clenelie expellit the burcht 1596 Dalr. I. 190/4.
Nocht lang eftir, the Roman legat expellis him out of Britannie
b. a material or immaterial thing.1456 Hay II. 117/19.
Nature in thame has laisere till expell his superfluitee a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 181.
Sum seiknes is quhilk nane can expel a1499 Ib. 1335.
Thai pereles perellis perfytly till expell 1513 Doug. i. iv. 78.
This dolorus dreid expell and do away c1552 Lynd. Mon. 70.
Expell the cause, than the effect belyue Sall cease a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xcvi. 2.
O leving lord, … Fra ws expell this creuell ciuile weir
