deconfuse

English

Etymology

de- +‎ confuse

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːz

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, […]