disabuse
verb (used with object)
to free (a person) from deception or error.
had disabused
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past perfectof disabuse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He said that Andrew Cuomo’s aides had disabused him of that notion and that he had set his friend’s claim aside.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
