Definition of disabuse

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dis·a·buse    (ds-byz) KEY  

TRANSITIVE VERB:
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.

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

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