unarm

t. & i. [Pref. un- (2), and English arm, v.] A. Transitive : 1. To deprive or strip of arms; to disarm. "Sweet Helen, I must woo you, Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida, iii. 1. To help unarm our Hector." 2. To render incapable of inflicting injury. "Dian unarmed the javelin as it flew." Dryden: Ovid; Metamorphoses viii. B. In trans.: To put off or lay down arms. "Unarm, unarm, and do not fight to-day." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , v. 3. ŭn-armed, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. armed .] 1. Unprovided with arms or other means of defense; not equipped. "Drop upon our bare unarmed heads." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. II., ii. 4. 2. Not furnished with scales, prickles, spines, or other defense, as animals and plants. Also in botany, pointle .