unhoodwinkv.
(un- prefix2 1b.)
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society > communication > information > enlightenment > enlighten [verb (transitive)] > undeceive
to bring (a person) to reasona1400
to set (also put) someone right1551
unhoodwink1585
undeceive1598
unbeguile1599
disabuse1611
disdeceive1622
disinveigle1635
clarify1642
unconfound1649
uncheat1650
undelude1651
ungull1652
unpervert1655
unseduce1664
unbewilder1668
unclouda1711
disillude1860
disillusionize1861
disillusion1864
de-bamboozle1919
straighten1956
1585 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 393 Least peradventure God unhood-wink, and make open the sight of Satan.
1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist Introd. sig. C (The Popish methods of old, but) not practicable now, people are generally unhoodwinkt.
1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks (ed. 3) 242 There is scarcely any way left to disabuse and unhoodwink them.
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