disabuse
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French désabuser, or dis- + abuse.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /dɪsəˈbjuːz/
Verb[edit]
disabuse (third-person singular simple present disabuses, present participle disabusing, simple past and past participle disabused)
- (transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody).
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 140:
- If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 140:
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
free of a misconception
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