unbeguile

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verb

To set (someone) free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unbeguiles · participle present unbeguiling · participle past unbeguiled · past unbeguiled

  1. transitiveTo set (someone) free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.

    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.

    1614 January 4, 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

Origin

From un- + beguile.

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APA

unbeguile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeguile

MLA

“unbeguile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeguile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbeguile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeguile.

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