English → Latin
“disabuse” in Latin
exsolvōto unloose, release, free; to unbind, untie, undo; to renounce, abandon, relinquish, leave behindēripiōto rescue, deliver, free, save; to preempt, take by force; to snatch, snatch away, take away, tear out, pull out, pluck,extorqueōto obtain or take away by force, extort; to tear away, twist away, wrench out
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disabuse
dedocere aliquem aliquid (unteach him): opinione levare aliquem: alicui or ex alicujus animo opinionem evellere (correct a wrong impression; the latter of quite removing it): meliora edocere aliquem (teach him better): errore aliquem levare (Cic.), or exsolvere (Terentianus); errorem alicui tollere (Liv.), eripere, extorquere: ab errore avellere aliquem (by strong measures, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disabuse?
- The usual Latin words for “disabuse” are exsolvō, ēripiō, extorqueō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.