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English
Etymology
From un- + beguile.
Verb
unbeguile (third-person singular simple present unbeguiles, present participle unbeguiling, simple past and past participle unbeguiled)
- (transitive) To set (someone) free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.
1614 January 5, J Donne, “Ecclogve. 1613. December 26 .”, in Poems, with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: M F for Iohn Marriot, , published 1633, →OCLC, page 125:Then unbeguile thy ſelfe, and know with mee, / That Angels, though on earth employd they bee, / Are ſtill in heav'n, ſo is hee ſtill at home / That doth, abroad, to honeſt actions come.