(v. t.) To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ukip has provided a protest vote for disenchanted Tories , just as – up until the moment when David Cameron promised Nick Clegg a rose garden – the Lib Dems provided an alternative to Labour.
(2) Is Sisi’s UK visit going to fill my car with gas?’ A lot of people are increasingly disenchanted with the government, simply because it is failing to live up to its own illusions of grandeur.” Among the disenchanted are thousands of workers in the critical textiles sector who are striking over pay and conditions.
(3) The other, bigger worry, though, is among the disenchanted still living in deprived areas in Dundee, Edinburgh and pockets elsewhere in Lothian and Lanarkshire, but primarily in Glasgow.
(4) This struck a loud, clanging chord with a disenchanted British public – half of whom heard the speech – and 93% of those approved of its message, which when boiled down was just an appeal for greater individual effort to win the war.
(5) As one of the disenchanted Labour voters described by MacAskill, I have had many polemics put my way: the most persuasive have been George Galloway's "Just Say Naw" and a speech on the implications of Scottish independence for business by Rupert Soames, CEO of the Scottish firm Aggreko.
(6) He began as a conventional Hollywood liberal, but was soon disenchanted by the communists in the movie industry and what seemed to him the unduly leftist leadership of the American Federation of Labour.
(7) But those speculating this might be the start of a long-feared "strike" by disenchanted investors were somewhat let down: a regular government debt auction at the height of the political confusion was twice oversubscribed.
(8) That’s a very hard political sell, especially to a disenchanted public.
(9) Miszkowski, who sold his house to run for Labor in the 2007 federal election but became disenchanted with the party after Kevin Rudd forgot his name at a press conference, was also at the party, Guardian Australia has confirmed.
(10) Not content with picking up votes from disenchanted Conservatives, Farage advanced into Labour's terroritory on Friday by calling on large companies to sign up to a tough code of conduct to prevent them exploiting workers on zero-hours contracts.
(11) The recent "multi-party parliamentary election" – which was devoid of meaningful participation by opposition groups – and the formation of the new Syrian government by a member of the ruling Ba'ath party, have in particular disenchanted Iranian officials with Assad's strategy for a political solution.
(12) Thanks to the formation of the Coalition, Labour should be able to present itself as the only serious destination for voters disenchanted with the incumbent government.
(13) The disenchanted working class is the holy grail for vote-catchers, although no one actually seems to like its members.
(14) In 1950 he published a novel based on his Dartmouth visit, The Disenchanted, and later described the fiasco in his highly readable autobiography, Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince (1981).
(15) Zawahiri’s speech, delivered in Arabic, which is opaque to most Indians, is being seen as having far more to do with bolstering confidence in al-Qaida’s own ranks and fighting off the steep growth of the maverick Isis, than it is about recruiting new volunteers from Indian’s disenchanted Muslims.
(16) The front-page lead by Seumas Milne read: "A confidential strategic plan drawn up by Tony Blair's closest advisers warns that New Labour is not ready for government ... Disenchanted leftwing activists are likely to see it as confirmation that Blair has a near-presidential agenda."
(17) He concluded that many Greeks were disenchanted with their western allies and inclined to favour Russia.
(18) Narice Bernard, a 44-year-old businessman from East Lothian, who described himself as a disenchanted Labour supporter, was one of the campaign founders, and said he was frustrated by the calibre of the candidates , who were all associated with Labour’s defeat.
(19) More than half of Ukip's support in the European elections came from disenchanted Conservative voters, a poll commissioned by Lord Ashcroft has found .
(20) It is a prequel of sorts to the film, in that it fleshes out "why Calvero has nightmares, why he is so disenchanted with his career, with the public", she said.
Undeceive
Definition:
(v. t.) To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake.
Example Sentences:
(1) Epimerization of the 2' position occurred on treatment of 2'-acetyltaxol derivatives with 1,5-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, but treatment of 2'-(2,2,2-trichloroethyloxycarbonyl) taxol derivatives with DBU yielded the novel cyclization products 11 and 12 and, after deprotection at the 7 position, 13.
(2) To remove Cps-group, Abz-esters of Cps-peptides were treated with two molar equivalents of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene in dimethylformamide followed by neutralization of the base with an excess of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole; the deblocked amino components were then used without isolation.
(3) Of several other phosphonates tested only undec-10-ene-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonic acid inhibited acid p-nitrophenyl phosphatase strongly, the polyphosphate (P20, I) had little effect.
(4) Treatment with 1,5-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-5-ene in N,N-dimethylformamide and removal of the blocking groups have 9-(5-deoxy-beta-D-erythro-pent-4-enofuranosyl)adenine (9).
(5) Treatment of 3 with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene also gave as the main product 6-Z, which was isolated crystalline from the reaction mixture.
(6) (1S*, 4R*, 8S*, 11R*)-3-Diphenylmethyl-11-methyl-3- azatricyclo[6.2.1.0(4,11)]undec-5-en-2-one, C24H25NO, Mr = 343.47, monoclinic, P2(1), a = 10.248 (3), b = 8.859 (2), c = 10.344 (2) A, beta = 99.816 (14) degrees, V = 925.4 (3) A3, Z = 2, D chi = 1.23 g cm-1 (163 K), lambda(Mo K alpha) = 0.7107 A, mu = 0.6927 cm-1, F(000) = 368, T = 163 K, R = 0.0423 for 2569 reflections.
(7) (1R,4S,8S,11R)-11-Methyl-3-[(R)-alpha-phenyl-ethyl]-3- azatricyclo[6.2.1.0(4.11)]undec-5-en-2-one, C19H23NO, Mr = 281.40, orthorhombic, P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 9.534 (2), b = 11.055 (4), C = 14.372 (4) A, V = 1514.8 (8) A, Z = 4, Dx = 1.23 (163 K), Dm = 1.15 g cm-3 (295 K), lambda(Mo K alpha) = 0.71069 A, mu = 0.702 cm-1, F(000) = 608, T = 163 K, R = 0.0387 for 2310 reflections.
(8) This report demonstrates that, in low concentrations, the non-nucleophilic amidine 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene is a preferred alternative to the more commonly employed piperidine for the rapid and efficient cleavage of the N alpha-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl group in the continuous flow method of solid-phase peptide synthesis.
(9) The 4-O-methylthymidine required for oligonucleotide synthesis was prepared by treating the 4-(3-nitro-1,2,4-triazolo) derivative of 3',5'-bis-O-(methoxyacetyl)thymidine with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-undec-7-ene (DBU) in methanol solution.
(10) At the recommended concentration of 2% 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene in dimethylformamide, racemization of resin-bound C-terminal S-trityl cysteine was substantially reduced compared with standard piperidine-mediated deprotection conditions.
(11) The sesquiterpenoid ketone, 1,4,4-trimethyltricyclo[5.4.0.0(3.5)]undec-7-en-9-one (1), was subjected to microbial transformation by six fungal strains: Aspergillus niger ATCC 9142, Aspergillus ochraceus DSM 824, Beauveria bassiana ATCC 7159, Cunninghamella echinulata ATCC 9244, Rhizopus arrhizus ATCC 11.145, and Absidia blakesleeana ATCC 10.148.
(12) 1-(2-O-Acetyl-3,5,6-tri-O-benzoyl-beta-D-glucofuranosyl)thymine (1) was converted into the 2,2'-anhydro derivative 4 by selective deacetylation, mesylation, and treatment with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene.
(13) Phosphonate analogues of 2-N-stearoyl- (I) and 2-N-(undec-10-enoyl)-sphingomyelins (II) have been synthesised.
(14) Carboxy-activated linear peptides 6(a-c) of general formula Sal-Xaa-Pro-ONp (Xaa = Phe: Gly; Aib) were synthesized and treated at room temperature with 1,8-diazabicyclo [5,4,0] undec-7-ene (DBU) in benzene solution.
(15) Michael type addition of DBU (1,8-diazabicyclo[5,4,0]undec-7-ene) phthalimide salt to 4,6-di-O-acetyl-2,3-dideoxy-aldehydo-D-erythro-trans-hex-2-enos e 2 and concomitant acetyl shift give an anomeric mixture of arabino and ribo isomers of 5,6-di-O-acetyl-2,3-dideoxy-3-phthalimido-D-hexofuranose 3 which after acetylation at the anomeric hydroxy group is separated to give 4 and 5.
(16) The double bond of the unsaturated undec-10-enoyl moiety of the phosphonate analogue (II) was oxidized, and the modified (II) was coupled to amino-Toyopearl HW-65 to give a sorbent containing 4 mumoles of ligand per milliliter of the swollen resin.
(17) Four main metabolites were formed from 1: 10(R)- and 10(S)-hydroxy-1,4,4-trimethyltricyclo-[5.4.0.0(3.5)]undec-7- en- 9-one (2 and 3, respectively), besides 4(R)- and 4(S)-(hydroxymethyl)-1,4-dimethyltricyclo[5.4.0.0(3.5)]undec -7-en-9-one (4 and 5, respectively).
(18) The structure of incarnal has been determined to be (1-hydroxy-2,10,10-trimethyl)-3-methylene- tricyclo[6.3.0.0(2.6)]undec-5,7-diene-4,9-dione by X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic methods.
(19) Treatment with 1,5-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-5-ene and removal of the blocking groups produced the desired nucleosides.