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Meaning of UNMAN

Pronunciation:  un'man

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
 
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 See Also: enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettle

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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