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unbeguile

unbeguile verb: to set (someone) free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.

Verb

unbeguile (third-person singular simple present unbeguiles, present participle unbeguiling, simple past and past participle unbeguiled)

  1. (transitive) To set (someone) free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.
    • Then unbeguile thy ſelfe, and know with mee, / That Angels, though on earth employd they bee, / Are ſtill in heav'n, ſo is hee ſtill at home / That doth, abroad, to honeſt actions come.1614 January 4, J[ohn] Donne, “Ecclogve. 1613. December 26 [Julian calendar].”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633...

Forms of unbeguile

third-person singular presentunbeguiles
present participleunbeguiling
past participleunbeguiled
pastunbeguiled

Origin of unbeguile

From un- + beguile.

Questions about unbeguile

What does unbeguile mean?
Unbeguile means to set (someone) free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.
What part of speech is unbeguile?
Unbeguile is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbeguile?
The past tense of unbeguile is unbeguiled.

Words near unbeguile in the dictionary

  1. unbegrimed
  2. unbegrudged
  3. unbegrudging
  4. unbegrudgingly
  5. unbeguilable
  6. unbeguile
  7. unbeguiled
  8. unbeguiles
  9. unbeguiling
  10. unbeguilingly
  11. unbegun

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