undeceive

undeceive
v
unbeguile, disabuse, be honest or truthful with, bring [s.t.] out into the open, lay [s.t.] all out; give [s.o.] the facts, give [s.o.] the real or true story, lay it on [s.o.] give it to [s.o.] straight, shoot straight from the hip, pull no punches; set [s.o.] straight or right, correct, help [s.o.] see the light; disillusion, disillusionize, shatter [s.o.'s] illusion, burst [s.o.'s] bubble, disenchant, open [s.o.'s] eyes, wake [s.o.] up, snap [s.o.] out of it; make [s.o.] grow up, tell [s.o.] how things really are.

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  • Undeceive — Un de*ceive , v. t. [1st pref. un + deceive.] To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • undeceive — index debunk, disabuse, inform (notify), reveal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • undeceive — [un΄dē sēv′] vt. undeceived, undeceiving to cause to be no longer deceived, mistaken, or misled …   English World dictionary

  • undeceive — transitive verb Date: 1598 to free from deception, illusion, or error …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • undeceive — undeceivable, adj. undeceiver, n. /un di seev /, v.t., undeceived, undeceiving. to free from deception, fallacy, or mistake. [1590 1600; UN 2 + DECEIVE] * * * …   Universalium

  • undeceive — verb To free from misconception, deception or error …   Wiktionary

  • undeceive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disabuse, disillusion, correct. See information. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disillusion, disabuse, set right, inform; see correct 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • undeceive — v. make someone aware of a deception or error …   English contemporary dictionary

  • undeceive — verb tell (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken …   English new terms dictionary

  • undeceive — v. a. Set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, free from mistake, disengage from fallacy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • undeceive — verb (T) formal to tell someone what the real facts are when they have previously believed something that was untrue …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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