disencharm

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ encharm.

Verb

disencharm (third-person singular simple present disencharms, present participle disencharming, simple past and past participle disencharmed)

  1. To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
    • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:
      the fear of a sin had disencharmed him, and caused him to take care lest he lose the substance

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