unbeguile

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ beguile.

Verb

unbeguile (third-person singular simple present unbeguiles, present participle unbeguiling, simple past and past participle unbeguiled)

  1. (transitive) To set (someone) free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.
    • 1614 January 5, J[ohn] Donne, “Ecclogve. 1613. December 26 [Julian calendar].”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC, page 125:
      Then unbeguile thy ſelfe, and know with mee, / That Angels, though on earth employd they bee, / Are ſtill in heav'n, ſo is hee ſtill at home / That doth, abroad, to honeſt actions come.
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