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unmanneth

unmanneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unman.

Meaning of unman

Verb

unman (third-person singular simple present unmans, present participle unmanning, simple past and past participle unmanned)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To divest of humanity.
    • Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables.1881, Sir Thomas Browne, William Alexander Greenhill, Religio Medici; Letter to a Friend; Christian Morals, page 215
  2. (archaic, transitive) To castrate; to remove the manhood of.
    • He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot.1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, volume 1, page 264
    Synonyms:
    emasculate
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.
    • I hope to God his theories will not unman him in action, that he will not be musing and refining when he should be leading the Jacks […]1855, William Delafield Arnold, Oakfield: Or, Fellowship in the East, page 280
    Synonyms:
    emasculate
  4. (transitive) To deprive of men.

Questions about unmanneth

What is unmanneth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unmanneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unman.

Words near unmanneth in the dictionary

  1. unmannered
  2. unmanneredly
  3. unmannerliness
  4. unmannerly
  5. unmanners
  6. unmanneth
  7. unmanning
  8. unmannings
  9. unmannosylated
  10. unmanoeuvrability
  11. unmanoeuvrable

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