unman

t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. man.] 1. To deprive of the character or qualities of a human being, as reason or the like. "To constrain him further were to unchristen him, to unman him." -Milton : Divorce , bk. ii., ch. xxii. 2. To emasculate; to deprive of virility. 3. To deprive of courage or fortitude; to break the spirit of; to dishearten, to cow. "The near prospect of a dungeon and a gallows altogether unmanned him."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xvi. garrison. 4. To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship or