disman

verb — 3 senses

disman

verb

/dɪsˈmæn/

Etymology From dis- + man.

1

Obsolete 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 To castrate or emasculate; to remove the manhood of.

3

Obsolete To deprive of human character.

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