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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To free from illusion or deception.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To free from deception, cheat, fallacy, or mistake; open one's eyes.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To free from misconception, deception or error.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. free from deception or illusion

Etymologies

  1. un- +‎ deceive (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Their avowed object was to present a petition personally to the Prince Regent, that they might "undeceive" him; as if such a thing were possible, or, being possible, would be of the slightest service.”

    The Revolution in Tanner's Lane

  • “Pray undeceive my Mother with regard to the agreeable mistake as to the repairs —”

    Letter 96

  • “That is indeed unfortunate; but if you are really blameless, cannot you undeceive them?”

    Chapter 15

  • “Mrs. Setliffe saw his mistake, appreciated the naive compliment, and decided not to undeceive him.”

    To Kill a Man

  • “In his poem "Shiloh" (the first massive battle of the Civil War with almost 24,000 casualties), Herman Melville writes "What like a bullet can undeceive".”

    Discourse.net: Unarmed, This Time

  • “But all that would now change as “the adoption and prosecution of the energetic policy proposed must soon undeceive them.””

    Simon & Schuster: A Country of Vast Designs

  • “You don't have to speak to the web," Dor said quickly, though he was sorry to undeceive her.”

    Fictionaut: Falcon Street

  • “If they regard it as a luxury for me to have a private secretary, why should I undeceive them?”

    Simon & Schuster: The Tyranny of E-mail

  • “Camilla again denied the charge, and strove to prevail with her to undeceive the Baronet from any false expectations.”

    Camilla

  • “And how could she undeceive him, while retaining so improper a mark of his dependence upon her favour?”

    Camilla

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