undeceive

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    free from deception or illusion

Word Origin

undeceive (v.)
"to free from deception," 1590s, from un- (2) "opposite of" + deceive (v.).

Antonym

vt.

deceive

Example

1. His behaviour soon undeceive her as to his true intention .
2. On the contrary , every particular relative to his sister was meant to be kept as much as possible to myself ; and if I endeavour to undeceive people as to the rest of his conduct , who will believe me ?

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