unarm

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ arm.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌˈnɑːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌˈnɑɹm/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Verb

unarm (third-person singular simple present unarms, present participle unarming, simple past and past participle unarmed)

1. (transitive) To disarm, to remove the armour and weapons from.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X (in Middle English):

     Thenne anone la beale Isoud sente in to the toune / and prayd syr Dynadan that he wold come in to the castel / & repose hym there with a lady / with a good wylle sayd sir Dynadan / & soo he mounted vpon his hors and rode in to the castel / & there he alyghte / and was vnarmed / & brought in to the castel

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2. (intransitive) To remove one's armour.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Call here my varlet; I'll unarm again:
     Why should I war without the walls of Troy,
     That find such cruel battle here within?

Anagrams

• Munar, Namur, urman