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Disenchant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISENCHANT, v.t. [dis and enchant.] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells.
Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: free from enchantment [syn: disenchant, disillusion] [ant: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle French desenchanter, from des- dis- + enchanter to enchant Date: circa 1586 to free from illusion • disenchanter noun • disenchanting adjective • disenchantingly adverb • disenchantment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. free from enchantment; disillusion. Derivatives: disenchantingly adv. disenchantment n. Etymology: F désenchanter (as DIS-, ENCHANT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disenchant Dis`en*chant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disenchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenchanting.] [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. d['e]senchanter.] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. --Dryden.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Free from enchantment, deliver from illusions, remove the spell from.

Moby Thesaurus

awaken, break the spell, burst the bubble, correct, debunk, disabuse, disappoint, disillude, disillusion, disillusionize, enlighten, expose, let down easy, let in on, prick the bubble, put straight, set right, set straight, show up, tell the truth, unblindfold, uncharm, undeceive, unspell, wake up