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disabuse

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dis⋅a⋅buse

  [dis-uh-byooz]
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–verb (used with object), -bused, -bus⋅ing.
to free (a person) from deception or error.
Origin:
1605–15; < F désabuser. See dis- 1 , abuse

Related forms:
dis⋅a⋅bus⋅al, noun
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dis·a·buse   (dĭs'ə-byōōz')   
tr.v.   dis·a·bused, dis·a·bus·ing, dis·a·bus·es
To free from a falsehood or misconception: I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur.

[French désabuser : dés-, dis- + abuser, to delude (from Old French, to misuse; see abuse).]
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