Crossword-Solution: DISABUSE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Disabuse | v. t. | To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right. |
We have 27 clues for the answer “DISABUSE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Tell (someone) they’re mistaken | 1 answer |
| free somebody | 1 answer |
| Rid, as of false ideas | 1 answer |
| Rid someone of a mistaken idea | 1 answer |
| Relieve, as of mistaken ideas | 1 answer |
| Correct an impression | 1 answer |
| Free from error | 4 answers |
| disenchant | 8 answers |
| Indoctrinate | 19 answers |
| undeceive | 19 answers |
| disillusion | 21 answers |
| Inculcate | 25 answers |
| Put right | 31 answers |
| Notify | 36 answers |
| Enlighten | 42 answers |
| publicise | 43 answers |
| Edify | 46 answers |
| Advise | 51 answers |
| Publicize | 51 answers |
| initiate | 52 answers |
| Inform | 52 answers |
| Disclose | 54 answers |
| Disappoint | 55 answers |
| Denounce | 63 answers |
| Announce | 64 answers |
| Impart | 64 answers |
| Sober | 76 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTAEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DISABUSE (5)
The old ape thought that they were searching for a tribe of his own kind, nor did the boy disabuse his mind of this belief.
Some years ago I had to disabuse a false notion of a countryman of mine respecting a lady's behavior toward him.
But the Chub being thus used, and dressed presently; and not washed after he is gutted, for note, that lying long in water, and washing the blood out of any fish after they be gutted, abates much of their sweetness; you will find the Chub, being dressed in the blood, and quickly, to be such meat as will recompense your labour, and disabuse your opinion.
Towards the close of the sixteenth century, many learned men, both on the Continent and in the isles of Britain, had endeavoured to disabuse the public mind on this subject.
When he had made the statement with perfect gravity; for he felt it incumbent on him to disabuse the mind of this lax rover of any incorrect impressions on the subject; he signified that he would be happy to share the gifts with him, and proposed that they should attack the basket in a spirit of good fellowship at any time in the course of the night which the coachman’s experience and knowledge of the road might suggest, as being best adapted to the purpose.
Quotes with DISABUSE (3)
I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare.
Even if a poem is beautiful and memorable, it’s not like an advertising jingle or propaganda, which attempt to convince and control. Poems seek to confuse, disabuse, enlarge understanding, and make people ask questions and think for themselves.
My heart broke a little at her unblemished view of life: She still believed in innocent secrets, the heady rush of a good mystery, and happily ever after... (I wasn't about to disabuse her of those sweet notions.)... Little girls should be allowed to dream.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, WP.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1998–2010).