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Unman

//ʌnˈmæn// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To divest of humanity. archaic, transitive

    "Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables."

  2. 2
    cause to lose one's nerve wordnet
  3. 3
    To castrate; to remove the manhood of. archaic, transitive

    "He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot."

  4. 4
    To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation. figuratively, transitive

    "I hope to God his theories will not unman him in action, that he will not be musing and refining when he should be leading the Jacks […]"

  5. 5
    To deprive of men. transitive

Etymology

From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.

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