Past tense of disabuse

Forms of disabuse

Disabused in a sentence

• If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 140
• On the third night he is supremely confident, and cruelly disabused by his mispull of the third card.2010, Lauren G. Leighton, Esoteric Tradition in Russian Romantic Literature, page 142. From the entry mispull
• Some laborer, a comeover for sure, perhaps had stolen it, disabused his bosses of it, and for what?2008, Kathleen M. Henry, Critical Mass, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry comeover
• BBC America recently ran a documentary called “Paparazzi” that also disabused viewers of any lingering impression that gossip rags are run by gentlemen and scholars.2007 January 2, Alessandra Stanley, “Exposed: Celebrities, Tabloids and Sleaze!”, in New York Times. From the entry gentleman and scholar

Meaning of disabuse

1. verb To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).

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Questions about the past tense of disabuse

What is the past tense of disabuse?

The past tense of disabuse is disabused.

What is the past participle of disabuse?

The past participle of disabuse is disabused.

Is disabuse a regular or irregular verb?

Disabuse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.