Disenchant
[dɪsɪn'tʃɑːnt;dɪsen-] or [,dɪsɪn'tʃænt]
Definition
(v. t.) To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Free from enchantment, deliver from illusions.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENCHANT]
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Definition
v.t. to free from enchantment to disillusionise.—ns. Disenchant′er:—fem. Disenchant′ress; Disenchant′ment.
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Examples
- The chaining of the door behind her, as she went forth, disenchanted Lizzie Hexam of that first relief she had felt. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And suppose I had won her, should I not have been disenchanted the day after my victory? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His own, at the moment, lent it a festive readiness of welcome that might well, in a disenchanted eye, have turned to paint and facility. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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