disabuse

[ dis-uh-byooz ]

/ ˌdɪs əˈbyuz /

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verb (used with object), dis·a·bused, dis·a·bus·ing.

to free (a person) from deception or error.

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disabled, disabled list, disablement, disablement benefit, disablism, disabuse, disaccharidase, disaccharide, disaccord, disaccredit, disaccustom

Origin of disabuse

From the French word désabuser, dating back to 1605–15. See dis-¹, abuse

Related formsdis·a·bus·al, noun

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Examples from the Web for disabuse

We must disabuse ourselves of this perhaps half-ironic but still telling aphorism.
There Are Only Atheists in Fox Holes|Michael Carson|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a former agent himself, Horrigan hopes to disabuse renters of the notion that brokers are mercenary con artists.
From a Broken Lease, a Dream NYC Home|Lizzie Crocker|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He said he wanted to disabuse anyone who thinks the administration has “a bunch of other rabbits in our hat” to ward off default.
Obama at the Shutdown Press Conference: ‘Lord Knows I’m Tired of It’|Eleanor Clift|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
No amount of sweet-sounding oratory is going to disabuse him of his hard-driving partisan agenda.
What Obama Should Say on Monday|Paul Begala|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Either way, if you ever thought punditry was anything close to a science, this should be enough to disabuse you.
RIP Platinum Coin: May 14th, 2010-January 12th, 2013|Megan McArdle|January 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These circumstances did not disabuse Donald of his original idea of its being a penny-wedding.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2|Alexander Leighton
He could not disabuse his mind of the insinuating presence of the two together.
Four Weird Tales|Algernon Blackwood
You must first disabuse your mind of the American girl as you find her in books.
The Affair at the Inn|Kate Douglas Wiggin
It is almost impossible at present to disabuse the public mind of Europe and of the North of this shallow prejudice.
The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South|William Henry Holcombe
Meanwhile it is the duty of parents to disabuse their female offspring as to the existence of a right to be amused.
The Unpopular Review Vol. I|Various

British Dictionary definitions for disabuse

disabuse

/ (ˌdɪsəˈbjuːz) /

verb

(tr usually foll by of) to rid (oneself, another person, etc) of a mistaken or misguided idea; set right

Derived Formsdisabusal, noun

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Word Origin and History for disabuse

disabuse

1610s, from dis- + abuse (v.). Related: Disabused; disabusing.

disabuse

verb (used with object), dis·a·bused, dis·a·bus·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for disabuse

disabuse

verb

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