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Webster 1913 Edition
disabuse
disˊa-buse′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disabused
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disabusing
.] [Pref.
dis-
+ abuse
; cf. F. désabuser
.] To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right; – often used with
of
; as, to
. disabuse
one of his illusionsTo 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disabuse
DISABUSE
,Verb.
T.
If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves of artifice, hypocrisy and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history.
Definition 2024
disabuse
disabuse
English
Verb
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: