unconfuse

verb

un·​con·​fuse ˌən-kən-ˈfyüz 

unconfused; unconfusing

transitive verb

: to make (someone or something) less confused : to remove or reverse the confusion of (someone or something)

I, too, have been a newspaper writer for more than 40 years, but I fear I sometimes confuse the reader with my stringing of the words more than I unconfuse him.

—G. Sam Piatt

I want to try to unconfuse a confusing issue …

—Larry King

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above