单词 | disenchant |
释义 | disenchantv. transitive. To set free from enchantment, magic spell, or illusion. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > disenchant unwitch1571 unbewitch?1572 disenchant1590 uncharm1621 discharm1634 unspell1635 disconjure1644 unmagic1650 disencharm1651 unenchant1654 1590 Sir P. Sidney Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia i. xii. f. 54v Alas, let your owne braine dis-enchaunt you. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling Pref. sig. b4 Reason and Religion will yield you countercharmes, able to disenchant You. 1691 J. Dryden King Arthur iv. i. 40 A Noble stroke or two Ends all the Charms, and disenchants the Grove. 1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 13 Oct. 52 No reading or study had contributed to disenchant the fairy land around him. c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 612 Go and solicit the young enchantress, who has caused this metamorphosis, to disenchant her. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 478 He had disenchanted his people of their blind faith in the Crown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1590 |
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