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Unman v. t.

To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like. (R.)

To emasculate; to deprive of virility.

To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish. "Let's not unman each other."

To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.

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Etymology of 'Unman'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unman" Quotes from Famous Books

... away, lest it unman him. He faced about, drearily enough, and stood with downcast, unseeing eyes, in anxious pondering. And then, presently, assuagement was granted him. He lifted his gaze, and behold! here was another world, all of soft ...

— Heart of the Blue Ridge • Waldron Baily

... before her sympathetic mood should unman him, his soul crying out at the kindness which cut so much more deeply than her mockery. At the top of the corridor stair McCloskey was waiting ...

— The Taming of Red Butte Western • Francis Lynde

Words linked to "Unman" : enervate, unsettle