| Pronunciation: | | un'man
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[v] cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience" |
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UNMAN is a 5 letter word that starts with U. |
| | See Also: | | enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettle |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Un*man"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + man.]
1. To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being,
as reason, or the like. [R.] --South.
2. To emasculate; to deprive of virility.
3. 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. --Byron.
4. To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.
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