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disman

/dɪsˈmæn/

disman verb: to deprive of men.

Verb

disman (third-person singular simple present dismans, present participle dismanning, simple past and past participle dismanned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) 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
    Synonyms:
    unman
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To castrate or emasculate; to remove the manhood of.
    Synonyms:
    unman
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of human character.
    Synonyms:
    dehumanize

Synonyms of disman

Forms of disman

third-person singular presentdismans
present participledismanning
past participledismanned
pastdismanned

Origin of disman

From dis- + man.

Questions about disman

What does disman mean?
Disman means to deprive of men.
What part of speech is disman?
Disman is a verb.
How do you pronounce disman?
Disman is pronounced /dɪsˈmæn/.
What is the past tense of disman?
The past tense of disman is dismanned.

Words near disman in the dictionary

  1. dismallest
  2. dismally
  3. dismalness
  4. dismalnesses
  5. dismals
  6. disman
  7. dismanned
  8. dismanning
  9. dismans
  10. dismantlability
  11. dismantlable

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