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disabuse (verb)

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  • disabuse — ► VERB ▪ persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken …   English terms dictionary

  • disabuse — I verb acquaint, admonish, advise, air, announce, apprise, awaken, brief, clear the mind, communicate, convey, correct, debunk, direct the attention to, disclose, disillusion, divulge, edify, educate, enlarge the mind, enlighten, eripere, expose …   Law dictionary

  • disabuse — verb (T) formal to persuade someone that what they believe is untrue (+ of): I never did anything to disabuse him of that idea …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • disabuse — verb it isn t easy to disabuse people of something they ve been taught to believe in Syn: disillusion about, undeceive about, set straight on/about, open someone s eyes about, correct on, enlighten on/about, disenchant about, shatter someone s… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • disabuse — verb /dɪsəˈbjuːz/ To free (someone) a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody). If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly …   Wiktionary

  • disabuse — [[t]dɪ̱səbju͟ːz[/t]] disabuses, disabusing, disabused VERB If you disabuse someone of something, you tell them or persuade them that what they believe is in fact untrue. [FORMAL] [V n of n] Their view of country people was that they like to… …   English dictionary

  • disabuse — UK [ˌdɪsəˈbjuːz] / US [ˌdɪsəˈbjuz] verb [transitive] Word forms disabuse : present tense I/you/we/they disabuse he/she/it disabuses present participle disabusing past tense disabused past participle disabused formal to make someone realize that… …   English dictionary

  • disabuse — [ˌdɪsə bju:z] verb (usu. disabuse someone of) persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken …   English new terms dictionary

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

  • disabuse — transitive verb Etymology: French désabuser, from dés dis + abuser to abuse Date: circa 1611 to free from error, fallacy, or misconception …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • disabuse — dis|a|buse [ ,dısə bjuz ] verb transitive FORMAL to make someone realize that they were wrong to believe something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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