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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dis·en·chant       [dis-en-chant, -chahnt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
[Origin: 1580–90; < MF desenchanter, equiv. to des- dis-1 + enchanter to enchant]

—Related forms
dis·en·chant·er, noun
dis·en·chant·ing, adjective
dis·en·chant·ing·ly, adverb
dis·en·chant·ment, noun
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dis·en·chant       (dĭs'ěn-chānt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   dis·en·chant·ed, dis·en·chant·ing, dis·en·chants
To free from illusion or false belief; undeceive.


[Obsolete French desenchanter, from Old French, to break a spell : des-, dis- + enchanter, to enchant; see enchant.]

dis'en·chant'er n., dis'en·chant'ing·ly adv., dis'en·chant'ment n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
disenchant 
c.1586, from M.Fr. desenchanter (13c.), from des- "dis-" + enchanter "to enchant." Carlyle coined disenchantress (1831).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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disenchant

verb
free from enchantment [ant: delight] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Disenchant

Dis`en*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disenchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenchanting.] [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. d['e]senchanter.] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.

Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. --Dryden.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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