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unˈarm, v.
Also 4–5 onarm (4 oun-), 4–7 unarme (5 Sc. wnarm).
[un-2 4.]
1. trans. To relieve (a person) of armour; to assist in putting off armour.
13..Sir Beues (A.) 1081 King Ermin..clepede is douȝter & saide: ‘Iosian, þe faire maide, Vn-arme Beues, he wer at mete. c1386Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 173 This knyght is to his chambre lad anoon, And is vnarmed, and vn to mete yset. 1470–85Malory Arthur vii. xviii. 241 The mayden Lynet..vnarmed hym and serched his woundes. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xv. 357 He made hym to be vn⁓armed, and made his wounde to be wrapped. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 252 Assoone as the King was vnarmed, he..went vp to the Castell to salute the Countesse of Sarisbury. 1573in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 202 [To] Roger Tyndall..for his seruauntes Attendaunces to arme & vn⁓arme the children in the play. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iii. i. 163 Sweet Hellen, I must woe you, To helpe vnarme our Hector..You shall..disarme great Hector. 1720Mrs. Manley Power of Love (1741) 337 [He] commanded the Conqueror should be unarm'd and set before his Face, to receive the Reward due to his Valour.
absol.1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. xiv. 35 Vnarme Eros, the long dayes taske is done, And we must sleepe.
b. refl. To free or strip (oneself) of armour. (Also with head as obj.)
13..Guy Warw. (A.) 5506 Otus to his pauiloun he ȝede, & vnarmed him of his wede. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 10241 Vn-Arme the at my prayere. c1430Pilgr. Lyf. Manhode i. cxxxiv. (1869) 70 Allas, whi woldest thou euere vnarme thee? c1477Caxton Jason 7 b, The Iousters vnarmed them, And put hem in fayr araye. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lix. 206 They vnarmyd them, and went to dyner. 1581A. Hall Iliad iv. 66 He soft vnarmes him, and his scarfe, and Curet off doth take. 1609Heywood Brit. Troy xiii. lxxxv, King Priam by Antenors mouth desires To unarme him streight and to the Courte returne. 1624― Gunaik. v. 246 When with the slaughter of his enemies tyred He doff'd his cushes, and unarm'd his head. 1719D'Urfey Pills I. 175 The Great Mars of the Battle unarms him and plays. 1823Scott Quentin D. xxxvi, Go, tell no man to unarm himself; and let them shoot, in case of necessity.
absol.c1450Merlin xxvii. 555 Elizer was besy to serue sir Gawein..and helped him to vn-arme. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. i. i. 1 Call here my Varlet, I vnarme againe. Ibid. v. iii. 3 Vnarme, vnarme, and doe not fight to day. a1625Fletcher Hum. Lieut. iii. vi, Will ye unarm, and yield your selves his prisoners?
†2. To deprive of arms or armour; to disarm.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 101 To send their ayde agaynst the Turke..were to unarme them selves and to cut their owne senewes. 1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 125 b, To kill them, to take them, to unarme them, to spoile them. a1618Raleigh Maxims St. in Rem. (1661) 43 To unarm his people of weapons, money, and all means, whereby they may resist his power. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. i. ii. (1636) 48 The Turke usually in his Conquests unarmeth the Christians. 1654Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Wars Flanders 106 A Brigade of the Spanish foot forthwith entered the Town, and unarmed every one therein.
†b. transf. and fig. Obs.
1568Grafton Chron. II. 757 If deuision and dissencion of their friendes had not vnarmed them, and left them destitute. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 385 Galen..would not leave unto the world too subtile a Theory of Poisons; unarming thereby the malice of venemous spirits. a1668Davenant Epithal. Wks. (1673) 312 So an excessive purity of Love Unarmes you to invite offence.
†3. To empty or strip of arms. Obs.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 405 By unarmyng the armaries, and openyng the waye to confiscation. 1636G. Sandys Paraphr., Ps. xlvi, He breaks their Bowes, unarmes their Quivers, The bloody Speare in pieces shivers. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Wars 209 The Queen..Commands by her Letter, the Lord Admirall Howard..that he should unarm and discharge the best of her Ships.
†4. To disarm, render harmless. Obs.—1
1700Dryden Ovid's Met. viii. Meleager 120 No blood he drew; Dian unarm'd the Javelin as it flew. |