unfascinate

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verb

To free from a state of fascination.

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Meanings

verbunfascinate (third-person singular simple present unfascinates, present participle unfascinating, simple past and past participle unfascinated)

present singular third person unfascinates · participle present unfascinating · participle past unfascinated · past unfascinated

  1. transitiveTo free from a state of fascination.

    To break this sensual charm, to unfascinate these bedazzled brethren, the writer to the Hebrews institutes a comparison between the two religions, and demonstrates the superior spiritual grandeur, the greater intrinsic worth and dignity of the religion of Christ.

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    […] such a general knowledge of pathology […] as will unfascinate him in regard to the magic virtues of mysterious remedies […]

    1847, William Mason Cornell, Journal of Health, volumes 2-3, page 294

Origin

From un- + fascinate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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