deconfuse

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English

Etymology

From de- +‎ confuse.

Pronunciation

Verb

deconfuse (third-person singular simple present deconfuses, present participle deconfusing, simple past and past participle deconfused)

  1. (transitive) To free from confusion; to enlighten or clarify.
    Synonym: unconfuse
    • 1967, Air Force Magazine, volume 50, page 6:
      Are you going to deconfuse me, or do I have to mention your name to Senator Fulbright?
    • 1995, United States, United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations, The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1995, page 27:
      [] but the fact of the matter is I heard a lot of legal mumbo-jumbo. A great way to create a web of confusion. Let me try to deconfuse the issue.
    • 1991, Sheldon Heath, Dealing with the Therapist's Vulnerability to Depression, page 46:
      Self psychologists (Bacal and Newman 1990) suggest that empathy is tuning in to the emotional state of the other and distinguishing or deconfusing the two, []