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| dis·a·buse [ dìssə byz ] (past and past participle dis·a·bused, present participle dis·a·bus·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·a·bus·es) |
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persuade that something is untrue: to tell somebody or make somebody realize that an idea is not true
 I was quickly disabused of my idealistic notions about the campaign.
She disabused him of many old prejudices.
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| [Early 17th century. <abuse in the obsolete sense "a delusion"] |
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| dis·a·bus·al noun |
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