undeceive
undeceive verb: to free from misconception, deception or error.
Verb
undeceive (third-person singular simple present undeceives, present participle undeceiving, simple past and past participle undeceived)
- To free from misconception, deception or error.
- [I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating...1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], “To the Parlament of the Commonwealth of England with the Dominions therof”, in Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London...
- […] Marcasites, I say, being thus fitted to delude the unskilful, I have had much ado to undeceive some, that brought or sent me them from America, of the pleasing Confidence they had entertained, that these promising Fossiles were Lumps of rich Ore of Gold, or Silver.1690, Robert Boyle, “A Previous Hydrostatical Way of Estimating Ores”, in Medicina Hydrostatica, London: Samuel Smith, Section V, p. 168
- Synonyms:
- disabuse
undeceive meaning in Tamil and Urdu
undeceive in Tamil
- ஏமாற்றத்தை நீக்கு
undeceive in Urdu
- غلطی دور کرنا, کان کھولنا, سمجھانا
Examples of undeceive in a sentence
- Undeceived in her expectations and chilled in her hopes, the heart of Cecilia no longer struggled to sustain its dignity, or conceal its tenderness […]1782, [Frances Burney], chapter IX, in Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress. […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Payne and Son […], and...
- If you think that this loss has broken my heart undeceive yourself, for such as I live years in an hour and show no sign.1863 January 3, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 1, in Pauline’s Passion and Punishment: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, volume XV, number...
- Early every morning she made something she called (and believed to be) coffee for George, and he was gallant enough not to undeceive her.1918, Booth Tarkington, chapter XXXIII, in The Magnificent Ambersons, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 467:
Synonyms of undeceive
Forms of undeceive
| third-person singular present | undeceives |
|---|---|
| present participle | undeceiving |
| past participle | undeceived |
| past | undeceived |
| alternative form | undeceave |
Origin of undeceive
From un- + deceive.
Words formed from undeceive
Questions about undeceive
- What does undeceive mean?
- Undeceive means to free from misconception, deception or error.
- What is undeceive in Tamil?
- Undeceive in Tamil is ஏமாற்றத்தை நீக்கு. See Undeceive meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use undeceive in a sentence?
- Undeceived in her expectations and chilled in her hopes, the heart of Cecilia no longer struggled to sustain its dignity, or conceal its tenderness […]
- What part of speech is undeceive?
- Undeceive is a verb.
- What is the past tense of undeceive?
- The past tense of undeceive is undeceived.
Words near undeceive in the dictionary
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