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Meanings of undeceive in English

Free from deception or illusion.

Usage of undeceive in English
1
She was dying and it would be diabolically cruel to undeceive her.
Sant' Ilario
2
He had opened his lips to undeceive her, but stopped in time.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
3
Then he hesitated to undeceive you-inthat, I admit, he was weak.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
4
Ney and Macdonald vainly endeavoured to undeceive him respecting this impracticable design.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 12
5
If you still think thus, it would be cruel to undeceive you.
Recalled to Life
6
I gave him a look, but did not stop to undeceive him.
The Bronze Hand / 1897
7
She had not meant all this; but how could she undeceive him?
Overland: A Novel
8
She turned to her preserver almost reproachfully: Why did you undeceive him?
The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
9
If a man is fool enough to believe it, why undeceive him?
Unleavened Bread
10
Mr Maurice was about to speak, but interrupted himself-shouldhe undeceive her?
Effie Maurice / Or What do I Love Best
11
And, really, I never had the heart to undeceive the poor ignorant chaps.
The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey
12
Because if you do, the sooner you undeceive yourself the better.
The Champdoce Mystery
13
That lovely and obliging person it is certainly not my duty to undeceive.
Sandra Belloni — Volume 7
14
To endeavour to undeceive them was a useless and ungracious task.
Roughing It in the Bush
15
He knew how she idealised him and did not dare to undeceive her.
The Great God Success: A Novel
16
No, I respected her wish and I did not undeceive him.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
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