To drive away or expel; to chase off or cause to flee from a place.
From dis- (away) + chase (from Old French chasser 'to hunt, pursue'). The prefix intensifies or reverses the action of chasing.
This archaic verb literally means to 'chase away' — it appears in Middle English hunting terminology and historical texts describing the expulsion of people or animals.
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