unbeguile en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + beguile.
Meanings
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(transitive) To 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unbeguiled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unbeguiled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unbeguiles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unbeguiling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |