disabusing

They keep him very much in the background, I think, with the idea of disabusing the popular mind of the idea that this is "his war."

Face to Face with Kaiserism 1909

"My uncle sympathized with him and, with the idea of disabusing him of his folly, somehow, while visiting him, saw Marcia.

Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Edward Lucas White 1900

Supporting international efforts to halt Iran's nuclear program, while disabusing itself of the notion of a nuclear free Middle East in which Iran and Israel are to be equated, would be a significant step toward re-establishing trust with Israel.

Alon Ben-Meir: Iran Is at the Core of the Turkish-Israeli Rift Alon Ben-Meir 2011

Fortunately, we Americans have a history of transforming ourselves from within, gradually disabusing ourselves of certain prejudices and eventually ending the pain caused by our egregious deprivation of minority rights.

Eliot Daley: Same-Sex Marriage Is Not A Matter For Ballots Eliot Daley 2011

Supporting international efforts to halt Iran's nuclear program, while disabusing itself of the notion of a nuclear free Middle East in which Iran and Israel are to be equated, would be a significant step toward re-establishing trust with Israel.

Alon Ben-Meir: Iran Is at the Core of the Turkish-Israeli Rift Alon Ben-Meir 2011

Fortunately, we Americans have a history of transforming ourselves from within, gradually disabusing ourselves of certain prejudices and eventually ending the pain caused by our egregious deprivation of minority rights.

Eliot Daley: Same-Sex Marriage Is Not A Matter For Ballots Eliot Daley 2011

So, to fill this void, a couple of years ago I began to write these letters and reminisces, more so on behalf of my own recovery an ongoing, sometimes halting, process of disabusing myself of a lifetime of delusion than any attempt to communicate with you.

Working Title: "Third Persons" Glenn Klopfenstein 2011

Mr. Lucas launches into a brisk dissertation on the work of colleagues—Martin Feldstein, Michael Boskin, others—whom he credits with disabusing him and fellow economists of a youthful assumption that taxes have little effect on the overall amount of capital in society.

Chicago Economics on Trial Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

I know that lots of teachers have to spend some extra time disabusing children of Eric Carle's version of events.

I can't quite put my finger on it. Roger Sutton 2009

Jonetta Rose Barras of the Washington Examiner characterized his efforts as "disabusing everyone of the belief that District agencies are where you go to retire."

Obama vs. Kids 2010