disman

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈmæn/

Verb

disman (third-person singular simple present dismans, present participle dismanning, simple past and past participle dismanned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of men.

   Synonym: unman

   to disman a country, a ship, etc.

   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

     Though indeed, if we consider this dissolution, man by death is abſolutely divided and disman'd.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To castrate or emasculate; to remove the manhood of.

   Synonym: unman

3. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of human character.

   Synonym: dehumanize

References

“disman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Sidman, Danism, damsin, aminds, manids, danims, admins