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disman en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɪsˈmæn/

Etymology

From dis- + man.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of men.
    • to disman a country, a ship, etc.
    • Though indeed, if we consider this dissolution, man by death is abſolutely divided and disman'd. 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To castrate or emasculate; to remove the manhood of.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of human character.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dismanning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dismanned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dismanned Tense=Past lexicographic
dismans Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

unman · unman · dehumanize