undeceive

[uhn-di-seev]

verb (used with object)

undeceived, undeceiving 

1. to free from deception, fallacy, or mistake.

undeceive

/ ˌʌndɪˈsiːv /

verb

1. (tr) to reveal the truth to (someone previously misled or deceived); enlighten

Other Word Forms

• undeceivable adjective
• undeceiver noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of undeceive¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ² + deceive

Example Sentences

But this is what surely gives Jhabvala’s work its rare gleam: the undeceived clarity of the eternal outsider, immersed yet apart.

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Malcontents, by Addison’s definition, need to be “undeceived” in the interest of advancing civil society.

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Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.

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Experimental psychologists know this, because they often need to trick us into thinking we were cleverer than we are, and then to undeceive us.

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Anne is undeceived: “Tell her from me: God sees her tricks.”

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