|ən+ transitive verb
Etymology: un- (II) + man, n.
1.
a. archaic : to deprive of the characteristics of man
I may put forth angel's plumage, once unmanned, but not before — Robert Browning
b. : to deprive of courage, strength, or vigor : cause to become weak or unmanly
the tenderness that threatened to unman him — Frances G. Patton
fell prostrate … exhausted and unmanned — W.H.Hudson †1922
c. obsolete : to place below the level of man : degrade
habits of vice unman men's minds — William Wotton
2. : to deprive of sexual or procreative potency : castrate , emasculate
unmanned themselves during … wild transports, which resemble those of dancing dervishes — R.H.Pfeiffer
Synonyms: see unnerve