Undeceive

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To free from misconception, deception or error. transitive

    "[I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating clergie; […]"

  2. 2
    free from deception or illusion wordnet

Synonyms

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awakencorrectdebunkdisabusedisabusedisappoint

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"[I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating clergie; […]"

Etymology

From un- + deceive.

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