disabuse

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From Middle French désabuser, or dis- +‎ abuse.

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disabuse (third-person singular simple present disabuses, present participle disabusing, simple past and past participle disabused)

  1. (transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).

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