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Webster 1913 Edition
Disenchant
Disˊen-chant′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disenchanted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disenchanting
.] [Pref.
dis-
+ enchant
: cf. F. désenchanter
.] 1.
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
Ends all the charms, and
disenchants
the grove. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disenchant
DISENCHANT
,Verb.
T.
Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove.
Definition 2024
disenchant
disenchant
English
Verb
disenchant (third-person singular simple present disenchants, present participle disenchanting, simple past and past participle disenchanted)
- (transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
- (transitive, of a person) To disappoint.
- (Discuss(+) this sense) (transitive, of a thing) To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.
Derived terms
Translations
to disappoint
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