Disabuse
by Sid
Here’s to day two of my internship and I finally got to dive deeper into the programming rather than listening to people talk for the orientation! It was honestly so nice meeting my new team and I can’t be more excited for this!
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Initial inference
This word seems pretty straightforward to analyze. It contains the root word “abuse” so we can say it is a verb. As for the meaning, if we just think straight and the most obvious meaning, it feels like this word means:
To make something right or to respect.
Definition and Pronunciation
verb | diss-uh-BYOOZ
- to free from error, misconception, or fallacy
Example usage
I would use the word in a sentence as follows:
Science really helps disabuse people who believe in some of those superstitions that quite a few people still believe to this day.
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