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unarm en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ʌˈnɑɹm/ (US)
• /ʌˈnɑːm/ (UK)
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Etymology

From un- + arm.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To disarm, to remove the armour and weapons from.
   • 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 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
2. (intransitive) To remove one's armour.
   • Call here my varlet; I'll unarm again: Why should I war without the walls of Troy, That find such cruel battle here within? c. 1602 (date written), 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]:

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