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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dis·abuse /ˌdɪsəˈbjuz/
 (vt.)解迷惑,使省悟

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 dis·a·buse v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disabused p. pr. & vb. n. Disabusing.]  To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right; -- often used with of; as, to disabuse one of his illusions.
    To undeceive and disabuse the people.   --South.
    If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history.   --J. Adams.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 disabuse
      v : free somebody (from an erroneous belief)