Meaning of DISABUSE
Pronunciation: | | `disu'byooz
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| Definition: | | [v] free somebody (from an erroneous belief) |
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| See Also: | | inform | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Dis`a*buse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabused}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Disabusing}.] [Pref. dis- + abuse; cf. F.
d['e]sabuser.]
To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from
fallacy or deception; to set right.
To undeceive and disabuse the people. --South.
If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse
themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition,
they will consider this event as an era in their
history. --J. Adams.
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| Related Terms: | | amend, awaken, break the spell, burst the bubble, conflict, contention, correct, debunk, difference, disaccord, disappoint, disenchant, disillude, disillusion, disillusionize, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, emend, enlighten, expose, free, illuminate, let down easy, let in on, liberate, prick the bubble, purge, put straight, rectify, redress, release, set right, set straight, show up, strife, tell the truth, unblindfold, uncharm, undeceive, unspell, wake up |
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