See Also: disabuse(dictionary)
disabuse(dictionary)

disabuse (iou)



disabuse verb & noun. E17.
[from DIS- 2 + ABUSE noun.]
A. verb trans.
Rid of illusion, a mistaken conception, etc.; undeceive, disillusion. E17.
H. A. L. Fisher If Justinian expected to extend to the north African littoral a Roman peace he was soon disabused. P. Ackroyd I do not disabuse them of this charming notion.
Mar, spoil, misuse. Scot. E17.
B. noun. An act of disabusing; the fact of being disabused. E17-E18.