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/disabuse/

-) Transitive verb. 

-) Pronunciation and accent: dɪsəbjuːz.

-) Etymology: it is analysed into dis- (prefix implying the idea of undoing or reversing the action or effect of the verb) + the verb “abuse”, which was formerly used, in one of its acceptations, for “to make a wrong use of any one's confidence; cheat”. “Abuse” is analysed into ab- + “use”, from Latin usus, participle of uti (to use).

-) Preterite tense: disabused. Preterite participle: disabused. present participle: disabusing.

-) Definition: to cause (a person) to cease being deceived.

-) Synonyms for “disabuse”: to undeceive, undelude, unfool, uncheat, unbeguile. 

-) Antonyms of “disabuse”: to deceive, beguile, cheat, dupe, banter, befool, cajole, trick.

-) Translation: désabuser, in French; desengañar, in Spanish; disingannare, in Italian.

-) Syntax: with the preposition “of” + a noun, by which the deceit is designated:

Men in their extreme ignorance call us the weaker sex. The weaker sex! When -and they know it-we can pull and play with their hearts'-strings as little children play with toy harlequins. However, never disabuse them of the fond conceit. Our weakness, as they are pleased to call it, is our best strength.

The writings of D. Jerrold… 1853

,,, this was a notion of which his friends were not anxious to disabuse him.

De Quincey… 1872

I would beseech the literary critics of our country to disabuse themselves of the mischievous notion that they are essential to the progress of literature in the way critics have imagined.

W. Howells… Of Literature… 1895

-) English words derived from Latin uti: usury, utensil, utility, abusable, abused, abuse, abusefully, abuser, disabusal, disabused, self-abuse, utile, utilizable, utilization, utilize, utilized, utilizing, utilizer, inutility, inutile, inutilely, inutilized, unutilized, use, used, usedness, use, useful, usefully, usefulness, useless, uselessly, uselessness, user, inusitate, inusitateness, inusitation, unusable, unused, unused, unusedness, unuseful, unusefully, unusefulness, unusual, unusuality, unusually, unusualness, usual, usualness, usually, usurer, usuress, usurious, usuriously, usuriousness, usury.