unarm
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of unarm
First recorded in 1300–50, unarm is from the Middle English word unarmen. See un- 2, arm 2
Example Sentences
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Bid all unarm; I will not fight to-day.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
Then the lady helped him to unarm, and with might and force he climbed up to the falcon.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by U. Waldo Cutler
Now will I proffer thee fair, said Launcelot, I will unarm me unto my shirt, and I will have nothing upon me but my shirt, and my sword and my hand.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
No longer to be alone, no longer never to unarm, no longer to stay on guard with straining, burning eyes, until from sheer fatigue he should fall into the hands of his enemies!
From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Gilbert Cannan
And I, said he, will so do that thou mayst fear me the less; for I will unarm me when the night cometh, and thou thyself shalt keep mine hauberk and sword and anlace.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
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