disabuse

  • 21disabuse — dis·a·buse || ‚dɪsÉ™ bjuːz v. amend or correct a person s misconception, undeceive …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 22disabuse — v. a. Undeceive, set right …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 23disabuse — v undeceive, disillusion, disillusionize, unbeguile, disenchant; open the eyes of, wake [s.o.] up, clue [s.o.] in, make [s.o.] see the light; set straight, set right, correct; burst [s.o. s] bubble, shatter [s.o. s] illusions, make [s.o.] see the …

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  • 24disabuse — dis·abuse …

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  • 25disabuse — dis•a•buse [[t]ˌdɪs əˈbyuz[/t]] v. t. bused, bus•ing to free from deception or error • Etymology: 1605–15; < F désabuser dis a•bus′al, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26disabuse — /dɪsəˈbjuz / (say disuh byoohz) verb (t) (disabused, disabusing) to free from deception or error; set right. {dis 1 + abuse (verb) …

  • 27disabuse — v.tr. 1 (foll. by of) free from a mistaken idea. 2 disillusion, undeceive …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 28Disabused — disabuse 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; often used with of; as …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Disabusing — disabuse 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; often used with of; as …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30correct — I (actual) adjective accepted, accurate, appropriate, approved, becoming, certain, comely, conscientious, convenable, convenial, customary, decent, decorous, definite, due, established, exact, exacting, factual, faultless, fitting, flawless,… …

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