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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Disenchant

Dis'en-chänt', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISENCHANTED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISENCHANTING.] [Prefix dis and enchant, q. v.; Fr. désenchanter.] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.

Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.

Dis'en-chärm', v. t.

verbtransitive

[Prefix dis, en, and charm, q. v.] To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. Bp. Taylor.