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disenchant

verb/dɨ.zẽ.kɐ̃.taɾ/low

des·en·can·tar

Definitions

1To cause someone to lose their enchantment, illusion, or fascination; to disillusion.
The harsh realities of politics disenchanted many voters.
Years of routine work disenchanted him with his career.
Common collocations
disenchant someonebecome disenchanted with
2To free from a spell or enchantment.
The fairy's kiss was needed to disenchant the prince.
The wizard sought a potion to disenchant the cursed sword.
Common collocations
disenchant a persondisenchant an object

Etymology

Do prefixo 'des-' (negação, reversão) + 'encantar' (do latim 'incantare' - lançar um feitiço).

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