unarm
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ʌˈnɑːm/
  • (America) IPA: /ʌˈnɑɹm/
Verb

unarm (unarms, present participle unarming; past and past participle unarmed)

  1. (transitive) To disarm, to remove the armour and weapons from.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:12.56?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter lxj], in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
      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
  2. (intransitive) To remove one's armour.



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