unman

1. (transitive, archaic) To divest of humanity.Examples: "Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables."archaictransitive

2. (transitive, archaic) To castrate; to remove the manhood of.Examples: "He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot."Synonyms: emasculatearchaictransitive

3. (transitive, figurative) To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.Examples: "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 […]"; "He dressed moodily, and left the room to go down to breakfast. Breakfast would at least alleviate this sinking feeling which was unmanning him."; "Meta has created a vision of life in which, without A.I. aiding his every word, an individual can be left reeling by the simplest of human interactions, unmanned by an ordinary dad joke."Synonyms: emasculatefigurativelytransitive

4. (transitive) To deprive of men.transitive