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disenchant

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dis·en·chant  (dsn-chnt)
tr.v. dis·en·chant·ed, dis·en·chant·ing, dis·en·chants
To free from illusion or false belief; undeceive.
[Obsolete French desenchanter, from Old French, to break a spell : des-, dis- + enchanter, to enchant; see enchant.]
disen·chanter n.
disen·chanting·ly adv.
disen·chantment n.
disenchant [ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːnt]
vb
(tr; when passive, foll by with or by) to make disappointed or disillusioned she is disenchanted with the marriage
disenchantment  n
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Verb1.disenchant - free from enchantment
disillusion
disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"
enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport, delight - hold spellbound
Translations
disenchant
vt → ernüchtern; he became disenchanted with her/it → sie/es ernüchterte ihn


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" continued Athos, shaking his head mournfully, "upon my soul, you make me the most miserable of men; you disenchant a heart not wholly dead to friendship.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Nothing could disenchant the audience; all eyes remained fixed there, and the new-comers and their accursed names, and their faces, and their costumes, afforded a continual diversion.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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