disambiguate

disambiguate
/dis'am big"yooh ayt'/, v.t., disambiguated, disambiguating.
to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence "She lectured on the famous passenger ship," you'll have to write either "lectured on board" or "lectured about."
[1960-65; DIS-1 + AMBIGU(OUS) + -ATE1]

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