Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
cause to lose one's nerve;
- Example: "an unmanning experience"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unman \Un*man"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + man.]
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1. To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being,
as reason, or the like. [R.] --South.
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2. To emasculate; to deprive of virility.
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3. To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break
or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to
dishearten; to make womanish.
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Let's not unman each other. --Byron.
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4. To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unman
v 1: cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"