Un-mān', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. UNMANNED; p. pr. & vb. n. UNMANNING.]

  1. To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, and the like. [Rare.] South.
  2. To emasculate; to deprive of virility.
  3. To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or reduce into irresolution; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to deject. “In word, in deed, unmanned.” Byron.
  4. To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship, or a town.