as-pello, ĕre (abspulsus, Fronto, Differ. Vocab. p. 473), v. a. [ab-pello; cf. ab init.],
to drive away , remove (only ante-class.): eos, qui advorsum eunt, aspellito, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 5; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 46; id. Am. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Heaut. 261 Bentl., Fleck.— Trop.: longe a leto aspellor, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 25: metum alicui, Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 4.