Definition of "unman"

unman

/ʌnˈmæn/

verb
third-person singular simple present unmans, present participle unmanning, simple past and past participle unmanned
1. (transitive, archaic) To divest of humanity.
  Quotations
  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. (transitive, archaic) To castrate; to remove the manhood of.
  Quotations
  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
3. (transitive, figurative) To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.
  Quotations
  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
  He dressed moodily, and left the room to go down to breakfast. Breakfast would at least alleviate this sinking feeling which was unmanning him.
  1919, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 5, in A Damsel in Distress
4. (transitive) To deprive of men.