disillusionize
Americanverb (used with object)
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Origin of disillusionize
First recorded in 1860–65; disillusion + -ize
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She pictured Martha's shocked surprise at the very idea of staying in bed just for the fun of it, but she did not disillusionize Phyllis.
From Phyllis A Twin by Whitehill, Dorothy
But I saw from the first moment that his eyes fell on my face that this made no difference to him, and that I must take other means to disillusionize him.
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Green, Anna Katharine
If he was sincere––and the longer she talked with him, the more convinced she was that this was the case––then she did not wish to disillusionize him.
From The Wall Street Girl by Wolfe, George Ellis
Of course it helped to disillusionize him, and he began even to see that Gertrude was not as beautiful as he had once believed her to be.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
At any rate, he would have been unspeakably cruel to disillusionize her.
From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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