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disˇaˇbuse  audio  (ds-byz) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
disˇaˇbused, disˇaˇbusˇing, disˇaˇbusˇes
To free from a falsehood or misconception: I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur.
ETYMOLOGY:
French désabuser : dés-, dis- + abuser, to delude (from Old French, to misuse; see abuse)


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