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Definition of "unarm" [un•arm]

  • To divest of armor or arms; disarm. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unarm" in a sentence
  • "Slip of a dress, for you to undress, unarm me and not think of falling rain."
  • "“I pray thee to call my slaves to unarm me; and when thou thyself doffest those weapons of an ordinary life-guardsman, tell them they never shall above twice more enclose the limbs of one for whom fate has much more fitting garments in store.”"
  • "“She alone is in the habit of assisting to unarm and to attire me.”"