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disabuse

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dis·a·buse  (ds-byz)
tr.v. dis·a·bused, dis·a·bus·ing, dis·a·bus·es
To free from a falsehood or misconception: I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur.
[French désabuser : dés-, dis- + abuser, to delude (from Old French, to misuse; see abuse).]
disabuse
Verb
[-abusing, -abused] to rid (someone) of a mistaken idea: Arnold felt unable to disabuse her of her prejudices
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Verb1.disabuse - free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"
disabuse
verb (someone of an idea or notion) enlighten, correct, set right, open the eyes of, set straight, shatter (someone's) illusions, free from error, undeceive
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Spanish disabuse [dɪsəˈbjuːz] vt → desengañar
German disabuse [dɪsəˈbjuːz] vt to disabuse sb (of) → jdn befreien (von)
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So please--please, dear Tessy, disabuse your mind of the feeling that you will stand in my way.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
There is little about it to disabuse one's mind of the error if he should take it into his head that he was in the heart of Arabia.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The old ape thought that they were searching for a tribe of his own kind, nor did the boy disabuse his mind of this belief.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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