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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
disenchants
the grove.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disenchant

DISENCHANT

,
Verb.
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.

Definition 2024


disenchant

disenchant

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disenchant (third-person singular simple present disenchants, present participle disenchanting, simple past and past participle disenchanted)

  1. (transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
  2. (transitive, of a person) To disappoint.
  3. (Discuss(+) this sense) (transitive, of a thing) To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.

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