disarmv.

Brit.

/dɪsˈɑːm/, U.S.

/ˌdɪsˈɑrm/

Forms: Middle English–1500s desarme, Middle English–1500s dysarme, Middle English–1600s disarme, 1500s– disarm.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French disarmer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman disarmer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French desarmer, French désarmer to divest (oneself) of armour (c1100 in Old French; reflexive), to strip (a person) of his or her armour or weapons (late 12th cent.), to lay aside one's arms (13th cent. or earlier; reflexive), to remove or dismantle the military defences of (a city, ship, country, etc.) (first half of the 14th cent.), to deprive (a quality, attribute, state, etc.) of strength or power (late 14th cent.; 15th cent. or earlier with reference to negative or harmful qualities or states), to lay down one's arms, to abandon a state of military readiness for conflict (1636), in Anglo-Norman also to take off one's armour (12th cent.) < des- , dis- dis- prefix + armer arm v.¹Compare Old Occitan desarmar , dezarmar (13th cent.), Catalan desarmar (14th cent.), Spanish desarmar (c1200), Portuguese desarmar (13th cent.), Italian disarmare (13th cent.). In sense 9 after the corresponding specific use of French désarmer (1660). In sense 10 after armour n. 8.

a. transitive. To deprive (a quality, attribute, state, etc.) of strength or power, esp. to deprive (a negative or harmful quality or state) of the power to hurt or frighten.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > assuage or calm

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?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. met. iv. l. 241 So schalt þou desarmen [L. exarmaueris] þe ire of þilke vnmyȝty tyraunt.

a1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl. e Mus.) 29 (MED) Disarme [c1450 Linc. Cathedral 103 Thow schalt diseruen þe wrecchid mannys ire].

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 2 What warmth..may serue for to disarm The frosen hart?

1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. ii. sig. D^v Blinde euery function of a mortall eye, Disarme the bodies powers of vitall might.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cliv. sig. K The Generall of hot desire, Was sleeping by a Virgin hand disarm'd .

1654 J. Goodwin (title) Peace protected, and discontent dis-armed.

1707 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed: 2nd Pt. v. 79 Such severe Laws, would no doubt disarm Vice, discourage Villany, and put all Roguery out of Countenance.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vii. 136 Conscious security disarms the cruelty of the monarch.

1821 R. Southey Vision of Judgem. xi. 41 Such their intuitive power; like Davy, disarming destruction When it moves on the vapour.

1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. iv. 153 Society loves..the air of drowsy strength, which disarms criticism.

1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 70 His hostility was soon disarmed, and his conversion effected.

1916 St. Nicholas Dec. 129/2 His anger was somewhat disarmed when he noticed that the book in question was a Church history.

1987 P. Brown & S. C. Levinson Politeness Introd. to Reissue 1 Politeness..presupposes that potential for aggression as it seeks to disarm it.

2016 Times (Nexis) 19 July 28 One was a black police officer..who sought to disarm fear and bigotry with hugs and prayer.

b. transitive. To deprive (a person, place, etc.) of the power to hurt or intimidate; to allay the suspicion, hostility, etc., of (a person), esp. by means of charm or attractiveness. Hence simply: to charm, win over. Also with of. Also intransitive.

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the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)]

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the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > fascinate or enchant

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1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vi. f. 121 I was afrayed least my father..should happe to die in the meane season, & then being disarmed [L. spoliato] of so great a strength, should not get oportunitie to slea the kyng.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iv. 33 His designe was..to disarme all, especially of a wise feare and suspition.

1677 C. Gibbes XXXI Serm. Stanford-Rivers 317 His Death procures our Life..by taking away the Sting of Death, Sin, disarming Satan of his Power.

1707 J. Addison Rosamond i. 4 No Fear shall alarm, No Pity disarm; In my Rage shall be seen The Revenge of a Queen.

1788 Lady Hawke Julia de Gramont I. 230 Disarmed from the slightest remains of envy, Julia returned to the company.

1829 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VII. xxxii. 214 The lovely..countenance of my Mary, with the gentle touch of sadness still resting on her features, wholly disarmed me.

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos vi. 75 What could disarm that amphitheatre and these blazing faggots of their horrors?

1984 Monthly Film Bull. Jan. 146/1 The opening shot of The Country Girls..may be intended to disarm with its intimation of a typical adolescent dream.

1990 S. Sturges Preston Sturges 12 Custom requires the hero of an autobiography to..mutter some self-deprecating remarks for the purpose of disarming his readers with his frankness.

2005 Z. Smith On Beauty 12 Levi appeared from the hallway and disarmed his father with a gappy smile.

a. transitive. To take arms or weaponry away from, esp. in order to prevent combat or attack; to deprive of arms or weaponry. Cf. arms n. 2.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)] > deprive (person) of weapons

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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2810 (MED) Whan he slowe Hector in þe felde, He was a-forn disarmyd of his shelde.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 9157 (MED) The kyng comanded disarme hem anon.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cli. 224 The Turkes..toke thise .xij. men by force, and desarmed them.

?1591 T. Coningsby Jrnl. Siege Rouen (Harl. 288) 22 in Camden Misc. (1847) I The lord generall sentenced a gentleman of his cornet to be dysarmed for stryking of a woman.

1620 S. Rowlands Night-raven 33 All those he after ten a clocke did finde, He should disarme of weapons they did beare.

1647 T. Juxon Jrnls. (1999) 164 Did intend to put them on ship-board and also to disarm them.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 219 I was disarmed, taken prisoner, and carried on board a pressing tender.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. vii. 261 A proclamation for disarming papists.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 241 The new comers had..entered the Castle, and were in the act of disarming the small garrison.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 139 A royal order came from Whitehall for disarming the population.

1919 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 11 Apr. 1/3 Italy has ordered the German–Austrian republic to disband and disarm any troops regarded as pro-communist.

1960 Irish Times 15 Sept. 1/1 The Irish troops disarmed them before giving them protection.

2014 J. B. Minahan Ethnic Groups N., E., & Central Asia 231/2 The Japanese occupation forces disarmed the Ryukyuan of all bladed weapons to forestall rebellions.

b. transitive. To force a weapon from the hand of (an opponent), esp. in fencing or sword fighting.

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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 517/1 He was desarmed at the first course.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxii^v The kyng of England with few strokes disarmed his counter partie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 475 Come, from thy ward..I can heere disarme thee with this sticke, And make thy weapon drop.

1664 T. Killigrew 1st Pt. Bellamira v. vii. in Comedies & Trag. 516 Leopoldo wounds him, and in the close disarms and throws him.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 160 I made another pass at him, and fortunately run him into the Shoulder, and disarm'd him.

1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 87 By the swing you give, you may find way still for a thrust to enter upon me, if you do not disarm me.

1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iv. 123 He may be disarmed by the ‘Left Parry’.

1857 Harper's Mag. Dec. 52/1 Sam proposed that I should disarm Mr. Wilsonby, send his foil flying.

1925 W. Williams in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1925 (1926) 59 His opponent met everything.., parrying the final thrust with a blow that nearly disarmed him.

1989 Viz Dec. 38 Swiftly disarm the terrorist using martial art skills.

2008 V. Malan Soldier King 72 The man whips his blade around hers, but he's not fast enough to disarm her.

3. transitive. To remove defensive armour from (a person, horse, etc.); to divest of armour. Cf. arms n. 4. Now rare and archaic.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > of armour: protect [verb (transitive)] > divest of armour

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a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1436 (MED) Whan they weren disarmed of her platis, Cusshewes, Greues, and her sabatons..Tweyn mantels vnto hem wer broght.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 91 They..made hym come in, and dysarmed hym, and dyde to hym grete honoure.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. x These justes fynished..the kynge was disarmed, & at time conuenient he and the Quene heard euensong.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc3 But the braue Mayd would not disarmed bee, But onely vented vp her vmbriere.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desbarder, to vnbarbe or disarme a horse of seruice.

1658 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea III. 57 He alighted from his horse, and disarming his head, he appeared so handsome and fair, that he attracted the eyes of all the Ladies upon him.

1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David lxxvi. 69 Thy host both horse and car disarm.

1841 G. P. R. James Brigand ii The page..came up to disarm his lord.

1898 S. Evans tr. High Hist. Holy Graal II. xxiv. 124 With that two squires disarm him.

1989 C. Corley tr. Lancelot of Lake 93 The lady had him disarmed and found the wound was very large and deep.

a. transitive (reflexive). To lay aside a weapon or weapons; to take off one's armour (now archaic or historical).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > wear armour [verb (reflexive)] > remove armour

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm [verb (reflexive)] > disarm

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a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 8337 (MED) Fyrst I shal dysArme me Off thys Armure.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) viii. 198 They dysarmed theym selfe, and ete right well.

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 159 I will disarme Myself, and yit vnrazed will I passe without all harme.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 28 The Prince disarm'd and uncloath'd himselfe.

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion viii. 17 He conceived he ought not to disarm himself.

1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 920 Earl Richard..disarmed himself.

1795 E. Burke Corr. IV. 327 The Catholics have foolishly..disarmed themselves.

1817 R. Southey Hist. Brazil II. xxvii. 515 The moment that they disarmed themselves the Jaguaruanas fell upon them.

1855 J. E. Cooke Ellie xxv. 297 That I should thus refuse the weapon placed in my hand,—that I should disarm myself—and draw back from the contest to which I am defied.

1921 Life 28 July 2/1 Secretary Denby! It's good to look at you. Disarm yourself and sit down.

1985 in R. Magnus Afghan Alternatives (1988) 88 All these groups disarmed themselves, or they went with their tribes to fight against the Kabul government.

2007 H. B. Rhee Asian Millenarianism vi. 289 Yang's remaining five to six thousand soldiers, who were still unaware that their deaths were imminent, disarmed themselves.

b. intransitive. Of a person: to give up a weapon or weapons; to take off one's armour (now archaic or historical).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > dress in armour [verb (intransitive)] > remove armour

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm [verb (intransitive)] > disarm

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1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 22 The Ensigne-bearer is not to disarme vntil the gates of the Fort..be first shut.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E^v Sweet Lord, abandon passion, and disarme.

1626 C. Potter tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Quarrels 433 Order was also giuen..to the Count de Fuentes that he should disarme.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 283 I have not seen him since he assisted me to disarm after the action.

1919 R. Kipling in Sunday Pict. 26 Oct. 5/2 When we disarmed they sold us and delivered us bound to our foe.

2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Sept. a13 (advt.) Our store partners should not be put in the uncomfortable position of requiring customers to disarm or leave our stores.

a. transitive. To remove or dismantle the military capability of (a city, ship, country, etc.); to strip of munitions.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)] > deprive (person) of weapons > deprive (place) of weapons

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1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre i. f. xiiij Many other citees haue been disarmed [It. disarmata].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desmonter vne navire, to disarme a ship, to despoile her of all her munition, and furniture.

1685 London Gaz. No. 2081/1 Orders have been sent to the Galleys..to return hither, that they may be disarmed and laid up.

1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes i. 40 We disarm'd and burn'd some Churches, for fear the Enemy should put Garrisons in them.

1798 Ld. Clare in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 396 The town..was disarmed..by a body of light-handed rebels.

1861 Economist 2 Mar. 226/2 The Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Interior have combined..with the purpose of impoverishing and disarming the North.

1881 J. Davis Rise & Fall Confed. Govt. I. iv. ix. 419 Missouri had refused to engage in war against her sister States of the South; therefore she was the first to be disarmed.

1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 176 Germany has been disarmed in the air.

1972 Mariner's Mirror 58 422 Kasuga..served as a training ship for pilots and engineers until she was disarmed in 1942.

2016 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 July 2 The majority on the Security Council believed peaceful means to disarm Iraq had not been exhausted.

b. intransitive. Of a city, ship, etc.: to relinquish weapons or other military equipment; to withdraw munitions.

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1669 G. H. tr. P. Dalicourt Relation French Kings Exped. Spanish-Netherlands 172 The whole City disarmed.

1694 London Gaz. No. 3027/1 All the Ships were Disarming.

1797 H. Grattan Speeches III. 309 There was no order to disarm generally; none to disarm the county of Middlesex; none to disarm Surrey.

1870 Times 9 Nov. 7/1 According to the views of these persons it might have been agreed that the city should disarm but not capitulate.

1904 Gunton's Mag. Sept. 326 The Chinese had ordered the Russian boat to disarm.

2016 J. Bisher Intelligence War in Lat. Amer., 1914–22 38/3 German diplomats and agents had hoped to convince Chilean officials to require that the ships disarm first.

c. intransitive. Chiefly of a country or organization: to reduce or abandon military capability; to limit or renounce the use or possession of weapons, esp. (in later use) nuclear weapons.

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1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) at Disarming On the conclusion of a peace, it is usual for both sides to disarm.

1798 T. R. Bentley Considerations State of Public Affairs (ed. 2) ii. 41 At that time, peace was peace. We could disarm with confidence.

1801 Ld. Nelson Let. 4 Apr. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 334 He knew the offer of Great Britain, either to join us, or disarm. ‘I pray, Lord Nelson, what do you call disarming?’..‘I considered it as not having on foot any force beyond the customary establishment.’

1886 Manch. Examiner 13 Jan. 4/7 Greece..will not disarm, but will go to war if her demands are not agreed to.

1940 J. F. Kennedy Why Eng. Slept i. i. 45 The feeling existed in Britain that if there was not a contractual obligation there was at least a moral one for the Allies to disarm.

1957 Background World Politics 1 42 The USSR will not disarm nuclearly.

2001 Times 6 July i. 12/1 The Ulster Unionist leader resigned because of the IRA's failure to disarm.

6. transitive. To deprive (an animal or part of an animal) of a natural means of attack and defence. Also in extended use and figurative contexts.

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1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) ix. f. 112 Acheloy..his Crabtree face did hyde And head disarmed of a horne [L. lacerum cornu..caput].

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 43 Heliogabalus..suddenly in the night would put in among them Beares, Wolues, Lyons, and Leopards, muzled and disarmed.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 253 Death..shall..stoop Inglorious, of his mortall sting disarm'd .

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 17 Their jaws disabl'd, and their claws disarm'd.

1732 Danger of Faction 22 To keep it [sc. Faction] out of Power and Place, is to disarm it of its Teeth and Sting.

1765 W. Stevenson Vertumnus in Orig. Poems I. 121 The viper of his poison to disarm! The rabid tyger's deadly rage to stay!

a1800 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad xvi, in tr. Homer Iliad & Odyssey (1802) II. 126 Hector drawing nigh To Ajax, of its brazen point disarm'd His ashen beam.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 49 Have the courage to appear poor, and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting.

1875 M. Pendreich Judgment of Babylon Great i. 24 A scorpion disarmed of his sting, although he may afterwards live, is strictly no longer a scorpion.

1913 Country Life in Amer. Jan. 31/2 I had allowed my skunks to grow up in full possession of their powers, but one day..a couple of them gave my man a shot. Then I was forced to disarm the lot.

2016 F. Chadwick et al. Bee Bk. 55 (caption) Bee-eaters disarm their prey by rubbing their stingers on branches to remove the venom.

7. transitive. To deprive (a person) of something which provides safety, protection, advantage, etc. Also reflexive. N.E.D. (1894) regarded quot. 1648 as the only example of defarm v., based on the reading in the 1693 edition of the text.

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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of)

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1590 E. Digby Dissuasiue ii. 54 Let vs willingly reiect the sensuall entisements of the flesh, disarming our selues of riches, goods, lands honour, office, authoritie, yea our owne father and mother.

1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) xiv. 148 Should they part with it [sc. the Militia] they should not onely..disarme themselves of safety, but of their wealth and riches too.

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 93 Disarming them of all agible judgment and prudent succour.

1856 Q. Rev. June 254 She disarmed herself of all that could promote the objects of her own ambition.

1946 A. J. Toynbee & D. C. Somervell Study of Hist.: Abridgement Volumes I-VI (1947) i. 8 The West has driven its contemporaries to the wall..but it has not yet disarmed them of their distinctive cultures.

2012 K. Marshall Signatory 66 She would salvage her injured strength to disarm you of your phantom pride.

†8. transitive. To remove in the manner of armour. Obsolete. rare.

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?1620 S. Rowlands Paire of Spy-knaues 6 Disarme this heauy burden from my backe.

†9. transitive. To push (a horse's lips) outwards when fitting or using a bit, so that the lips are not obstructing the pressure of the bit on the bars (bar n.¹ 7a). Obsolete.In quot. 1696: to obstruct the pressure on (the bars in a horse's mouth) by failing to push the lips outwards.

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1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal i. lxxxi. 227 The horse's barrs will thereby be disarmed, and yet the bit will not press too much upon them.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) To disarm the Lips of a Horse, is to keep them subject, and out from above the Bars, when they are so large as to cover the Bars, and prevent the Pressure or Appui of the Mouth, by bearing up the Bit, and so hindring the Horse from feeling the Effects of it upon the Bars.

1759 T. Wallis Farrier's & Horseman's Compl. Dict. at Disarm Give your horse a bit with a cannon coupe, or cut, which will disarm his lips.

†10. transitive. Magnetism. To remove the armature from (a magnet). Cf. armour n. 8. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [verb (transitive)] > remove armature

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1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 325 I took off the Armour and bound it to that which was newly touched, and therewith retouched that which I had disarmed.

1851 W. Gregory Lett. Candid Inquirer Animal Magnetism xii. 248 In one such case, mentioned by Reichenbach, a large magnet, being disarmed at the greatest distance permitted by the room, instantly struck the patient into complete rigidity and unconsciousness.

11. transitive. To deactivate or neutralize (an explosive device), rendering it harmless.

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1946 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 17 July 7/3 The time device would ‘automatically’ disarm the bomb.

1969 Word Study Apr. 6/1 To avoid having any unused explosive going off in the faces of..the post-recovery team, the capsule must be disarmed or safed.

2013 D. Akerson in D. Saxon Internat. Humanitarian Law & Changing Technol. of War iii. 66 The US uses over 6,000 sentry robots at checkpoints and to disarm roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	disarm
释义	disarmn. Brit. /dɪsˈɑːm/, U.S. /ˌdɪsˈɑrm/ Forms: 1700s–1800s disarme, 1700s– disarm. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: disarm v. Etymology: < disarm v. Compare earlier disarmament n., disarming n., disarmy n. An act which disarms or aims to disarm an opponent; esp. (Fencing) an act which forces a weapon from an opponent's hand. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions buttc1330 overheadc1400 stopc1450 quarter-strokea1456 rabbeta1500 rakea1500 traverse1547 flourish1552 quarter-blow1555 veny1578 alarm1579 venue1591 cut1593 time1594 caricado1595 fincture1595 imbroccata1595 mandritta1595 punta riversa1595 remove1595 stramazon1595 traversa1595 imbrocado1597 passado1597 counter-time1598 foinery1598 canvasado1601 montant1601 punto1601 stock1602 embrocadoc1604 pass1604 stuck1604 stramazo1606 home thrust1622 longee1625 falsify?1635 false1637 traversion1637 canvassa1641 parade1652 flanconade1664 parry1673 fore-stroke1674 allonge1675 contretemps1684 counter1684 disengaging1684 feint1684 passing1687 under-counter1687 stringere1688 stringering1688 tempo1688 volte1688 overlapping1692 repost1692 volt-coupe1692 volting1692 disarm?1700 stamp1705 passade1706 riposte1707 swoop1711 retreat1734 lunge1748 beat1753 disengage1771 disengagement1771 opposition1771 time thrust1771 timing1771 whip1771 shifting1793 one-two1809 one-two-three1809 salute1809 estramazone1820 remise1823 engage1833 engaging1833 risposta1838 lunging1847 moulinet1861 reprise1861 stop-thrust1861 engagement1881 coupé1889 scrape1889 time attack1889 traverse1892 cut-over1897 tac-au-tac riposte1907 flèche1928 replacement1933 punta dritta1961 ?1700 Art Def. 11 (caption) A disarme in tierce. 1753 Catal. Maps, Prints, Copy-bks. 54 The Art of Fencing, exhibiting the several passes, enclosure, disarms, &c. in 24 plates. 1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 9 The crossing of the blade signifies a kind of disarm, performed by a jirk from the wrist. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iv. 149 The ‘Second Point’..should be given with great caution, the wrist being then so liable to the disarm. 1905 F. G. Blakeslee Sword Play for Actors vii. 150 A disarm may then be made by means of a beat, a press, or a bind. 1997 D. A. Girard Actors on Guard xiii. 317 The wrap-n-trap is a fast, effective disarm that plays well on stage and screen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disarmv. Brit. /dɪsˈɑːm/, U.S. /ˌdɪsˈɑrm/ Forms: Middle English–1500s desarme, Middle English–1500s dysarme, Middle English–1600s disarme, 1500s– disarm. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French disarmer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman disarmer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French desarmer, French désarmer to divest (oneself) of armour (c1100 in Old French; reflexive), to strip (a person) of his or her armour or weapons (late 12th cent.), to lay aside one's arms (13th cent. or earlier; reflexive), to remove or dismantle the military defences of (a city, ship, country, etc.) (first half of the 14th cent.), to deprive (a quality, attribute, state, etc.) of strength or power (late 14th cent.; 15th cent. or earlier with reference to negative or harmful qualities or states), to lay down one's arms, to abandon a state of military readiness for conflict (1636), in Anglo-Norman also to take off one's armour (12th cent.) < des- , dis- dis- prefix + armer arm v.¹Compare Old Occitan desarmar , dezarmar (13th cent.), Catalan desarmar (14th cent.), Spanish desarmar (c1200), Portuguese desarmar (13th cent.), Italian disarmare (13th cent.). In sense 9 after the corresponding specific use of French désarmer (1660). In sense 10 after armour n. 8. 1. a. transitive. To deprive (a quality, attribute, state, etc.) of strength or power, esp. to deprive (a negative or harmful quality or state) of the power to hurt or frighten. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > assuage or calm laya1300 disarm?c1400 lithec1430 mitigatea1513 charmc1540 hush1632 assopiatea1649 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. met. iv. l. 241 So schalt þou desarmen [L. exarmaueris] þe ire of þilke vnmyȝty tyraunt. a1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl. e Mus.) 29 (MED) Disarme [c1450 Linc. Cathedral 103 Thow schalt diseruen þe wrecchid mannys ire]. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 2 What warmth..may serue for to disarm The frosen hart? 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. ii. sig. D^v Blinde euery function of a mortall eye, Disarme the bodies powers of vitall might. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cliv. sig. K The Generall of hot desire, Was sleeping by a Virgin hand disarm'd . View more context for this quotation 1654 J. Goodwin (title) Peace protected, and discontent dis-armed. 1707 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed: 2nd Pt. v. 79 Such severe Laws, would no doubt disarm Vice, discourage Villany, and put all Roguery out of Countenance. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vii. 136 Conscious security disarms the cruelty of the monarch. 1821 R. Southey Vision of Judgem. xi. 41 Such their intuitive power; like Davy, disarming destruction When it moves on the vapour. 1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. iv. 153 Society loves..the air of drowsy strength, which disarms criticism. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 70 His hostility was soon disarmed, and his conversion effected. 1916 St. Nicholas Dec. 129/2 His anger was somewhat disarmed when he noticed that the book in question was a Church history. 1987 P. Brown & S. C. Levinson Politeness Introd. to Reissue 1 Politeness..presupposes that potential for aggression as it seeks to disarm it. 2016 Times (Nexis) 19 July 28 One was a black police officer..who sought to disarm fear and bigotry with hugs and prayer. b. transitive. To deprive (a person, place, etc.) of the power to hurt or intimidate; to allay the suspicion, hostility, etc., of (a person), esp. by means of charm or attractiveness. Hence simply: to charm, win over. Also with of. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] teec888 tightc1000 drawc1175 tollc1220 till?c1225 ticec1275 bringc1300 entice1303 win1303 wina1340 tempt1340 misdrawa1382 wooa1387 lure1393 trainc1425 allurea1450 attract?a1475 lock1481 enlure1486 attice1490 allect1518 illect?1529 wind1538 disarm1553 call1564 troll1565 embait1567 alliciate1568 slock1594 enamour1600 court1602 inescate1602 fool1620 illure1638 magnetize1658 trepana1661 solicit1665 whistle1665 drill1669 inveigh1670 siren1690 allicit1724 wisea1810 come-hither1954 the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > fascinate or enchant enchantc1374 charmc1380 catchc1405 witch1499 bewitch1526 captive1528 allure?1532 captivate1535 disarm1553 enthral1562 sirenize1592 enamour1600 infascinate1687 fascinate1742 capture1796 besiren1861 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vi. f. 121 I was afrayed least my father..should happe to die in the meane season, & then being disarmed [L. spoliato] of so great a strength, should not get oportunitie to slea the kyng. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iv. 33 His designe was..to disarme all, especially of a wise feare and suspition. 1677 C. Gibbes XXXI Serm. Stanford-Rivers 317 His Death procures our Life..by taking away the Sting of Death, Sin, disarming Satan of his Power. 1707 J. Addison Rosamond i. 4 No Fear shall alarm, No Pity disarm; In my Rage shall be seen The Revenge of a Queen. 1788 Lady Hawke Julia de Gramont I. 230 Disarmed from the slightest remains of envy, Julia returned to the company. 1829 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VII. xxxii. 214 The lovely..countenance of my Mary, with the gentle touch of sadness still resting on her features, wholly disarmed me. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos vi. 75 What could disarm that amphitheatre and these blazing faggots of their horrors? 1984 Monthly Film Bull. Jan. 146/1 The opening shot of The Country Girls..may be intended to disarm with its intimation of a typical adolescent dream. 1990 S. Sturges Preston Sturges 12 Custom requires the hero of an autobiography to..mutter some self-deprecating remarks for the purpose of disarming his readers with his frankness. 2005 Z. Smith On Beauty 12 Levi appeared from the hallway and disarmed his father with a gappy smile. 2. a. transitive. To take arms or weaponry away from, esp. in order to prevent combat or attack; to deprive of arms or weaponry. Cf. arms n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)] > deprive (person) of weapons spoilc1330 disarmc1425 unarm1560 unweapona1586 disweapon1602 spoil?1611 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2810 (MED) Whan he slowe Hector in þe felde, He was a-forn disarmyd of his shelde. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 9157 (MED) The kyng comanded disarme hem anon. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cli. 224 The Turkes..toke thise .xij. men by force, and desarmed them. ?1591 T. Coningsby Jrnl. Siege Rouen (Harl. 288) 22 in Camden Misc. (1847) I The lord generall sentenced a gentleman of his cornet to be dysarmed for stryking of a woman. 1620 S. Rowlands Night-raven 33 All those he after ten a clocke did finde, He should disarme of weapons they did beare. 1647 T. Juxon Jrnls. (1999) 164 Did intend to put them on ship-board and also to disarm them. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 219 I was disarmed, taken prisoner, and carried on board a pressing tender. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. vii. 261 A proclamation for disarming papists. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 241 The new comers had..entered the Castle, and were in the act of disarming the small garrison. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 139 A royal order came from Whitehall for disarming the population. 1919 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 11 Apr. 1/3 Italy has ordered the German–Austrian republic to disband and disarm any troops regarded as pro-communist. 1960 Irish Times 15 Sept. 1/1 The Irish troops disarmed them before giving them protection. 2014 J. B. Minahan Ethnic Groups N., E., & Central Asia 231/2 The Japanese occupation forces disarmed the Ryukyuan of all bladed weapons to forestall rebellions. b. transitive. To force a weapon from the hand of (an opponent), esp. in fencing or sword fighting. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 517/1 He was desarmed at the first course. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxii^v The kyng of England with few strokes disarmed his counter partie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 475 Come, from thy ward..I can heere disarme thee with this sticke, And make thy weapon drop. View more context for this quotation 1664 T. Killigrew 1st Pt. Bellamira v. vii. in Comedies & Trag. 516 Leopoldo wounds him, and in the close disarms and throws him. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 160 I made another pass at him, and fortunately run him into the Shoulder, and disarm'd him. 1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 87 By the swing you give, you may find way still for a thrust to enter upon me, if you do not disarm me. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iv. 123 He may be disarmed by the ‘Left Parry’. 1857 Harper's Mag. Dec. 52/1 Sam proposed that I should disarm Mr. Wilsonby, send his foil flying. 1925 W. Williams in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1925 (1926) 59 His opponent met everything.., parrying the final thrust with a blow that nearly disarmed him. 1989 Viz Dec. 38 Swiftly disarm the terrorist using martial art skills. 2008 V. Malan Soldier King 72 The man whips his blade around hers, but he's not fast enough to disarm her. 3. transitive. To remove defensive armour from (a person, horse, etc.); to divest of armour. Cf. arms n. 4. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > of armour: protect [verb (transitive)] > divest of armour despoilc1386 unarmc1386 undighta1400 disarma1450 dismail1485 unharnessa1500 devest1582 unbelt1815 a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1436 (MED) Whan they weren disarmed of her platis, Cusshewes, Greues, and her sabatons..Tweyn mantels vnto hem wer broght. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 91 They..made hym come in, and dysarmed hym, and dyde to hym grete honoure. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. x These justes fynished..the kynge was disarmed, & at time conuenient he and the Quene heard euensong. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc3 But the braue Mayd would not disarmed bee, But onely vented vp her vmbriere. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desbarder, to vnbarbe or disarme a horse of seruice. 1658 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea III. 57 He alighted from his horse, and disarming his head, he appeared so handsome and fair, that he attracted the eyes of all the Ladies upon him. 1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David lxxvi. 69 Thy host both horse and car disarm. 1841 G. P. R. James Brigand ii The page..came up to disarm his lord. 1898 S. Evans tr. High Hist. Holy Graal II. xxiv. 124 With that two squires disarm him. 1989 C. Corley tr. Lancelot of Lake 93 The lady had him disarmed and found the wound was very large and deep. 4. a. transitive (reflexive). To lay aside a weapon or weapons; to take off one's armour (now archaic or historical). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > wear armour [verb (reflexive)] > remove armour unarmc1330 undighta1400 disarma1475 society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm [verb (reflexive)] > disarm spoila1382 spoila1400 disarma1475 a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 8337 (MED) Fyrst I shal dysArme me Off thys Armure. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) viii. 198 They dysarmed theym selfe, and ete right well. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 159 I will disarme Myself, and yit vnrazed will I passe without all harme. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 28 The Prince disarm'd and uncloath'd himselfe. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion viii. 17 He conceived he ought not to disarm himself. 1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 920 Earl Richard..disarmed himself. 1795 E. Burke Corr. IV. 327 The Catholics have foolishly..disarmed themselves. 1817 R. Southey Hist. Brazil II. xxvii. 515 The moment that they disarmed themselves the Jaguaruanas fell upon them. 1855 J. E. Cooke Ellie xxv. 297 That I should thus refuse the weapon placed in my hand,—that I should disarm myself—and draw back from the contest to which I am defied. 1921 Life 28 July 2/1 Secretary Denby! It's good to look at you. Disarm yourself and sit down. 1985 in R. Magnus Afghan Alternatives (1988) 88 All these groups disarmed themselves, or they went with their tribes to fight against the Kabul government. 2007 H. B. Rhee Asian Millenarianism vi. 289 Yang's remaining five to six thousand soldiers, who were still unaware that their deaths were imminent, disarmed themselves. b. intransitive. Of a person: to give up a weapon or weapons; to take off one's armour (now archaic or historical). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > dress in armour [verb (intransitive)] > remove armour unarmc1386 disarm1598 undight1611 society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm [verb (intransitive)] > disarm disarm1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 22 The Ensigne-bearer is not to disarme vntil the gates of the Fort..be first shut. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E^v Sweet Lord, abandon passion, and disarme. 1626 C. Potter tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Quarrels 433 Order was also giuen..to the Count de Fuentes that he should disarme. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 283 I have not seen him since he assisted me to disarm after the action. 1919 R. Kipling in Sunday Pict. 26 Oct. 5/2 When we disarmed they sold us and delivered us bound to our foe. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Sept. a13 (advt.) Our store partners should not be put in the uncomfortable position of requiring customers to disarm or leave our stores. 5. a. transitive. To remove or dismantle the military capability of (a city, ship, country, etc.); to strip of munitions. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)] > deprive (person) of weapons > deprive (place) of weapons unarm1560 disarm1562 dismantle1601 1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre i. f. xiiij Many other citees haue been disarmed [It. disarmata]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desmonter vne navire, to disarme a ship, to despoile her of all her munition, and furniture. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2081/1 Orders have been sent to the Galleys..to return hither, that they may be disarmed and laid up. 1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes i. 40 We disarm'd and burn'd some Churches, for fear the Enemy should put Garrisons in them. 1798 Ld. Clare in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 396 The town..was disarmed..by a body of light-handed rebels. 1861 Economist 2 Mar. 226/2 The Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Interior have combined..with the purpose of impoverishing and disarming the North. 1881 J. Davis Rise & Fall Confed. Govt. I. iv. ix. 419 Missouri had refused to engage in war against her sister States of the South; therefore she was the first to be disarmed. 1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 176 Germany has been disarmed in the air. 1972 Mariner's Mirror 58 422 Kasuga..served as a training ship for pilots and engineers until she was disarmed in 1942. 2016 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 July 2 The majority on the Security Council believed peaceful means to disarm Iraq had not been exhausted. b. intransitive. Of a city, ship, etc.: to relinquish weapons or other military equipment; to withdraw munitions. ΚΠ 1669 G. H. tr. P. Dalicourt Relation French Kings Exped. Spanish-Netherlands 172 The whole City disarmed. 1694 London Gaz. No. 3027/1 All the Ships were Disarming. 1797 H. Grattan Speeches III. 309 There was no order to disarm generally; none to disarm the county of Middlesex; none to disarm Surrey. 1870 Times 9 Nov. 7/1 According to the views of these persons it might have been agreed that the city should disarm but not capitulate. 1904 Gunton's Mag. Sept. 326 The Chinese had ordered the Russian boat to disarm. 2016 J. Bisher Intelligence War in Lat. Amer., 1914–22 38/3 German diplomats and agents had hoped to convince Chilean officials to require that the ships disarm first. c. intransitive. Chiefly of a country or organization: to reduce or abandon military capability; to limit or renounce the use or possession of weapons, esp. (in later use) nuclear weapons. ΚΠ 1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) at Disarming On the conclusion of a peace, it is usual for both sides to disarm. 1798 T. R. Bentley Considerations State of Public Affairs (ed. 2) ii. 41 At that time, peace was peace. We could disarm with confidence. 1801 Ld. Nelson Let. 4 Apr. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 334 He knew the offer of Great Britain, either to join us, or disarm. ‘I pray, Lord Nelson, what do you call disarming?’..‘I considered it as not having on foot any force beyond the customary establishment.’ 1886 Manch. Examiner 13 Jan. 4/7 Greece..will not disarm, but will go to war if her demands are not agreed to. 1940 J. F. Kennedy Why Eng. Slept i. i. 45 The feeling existed in Britain that if there was not a contractual obligation there was at least a moral one for the Allies to disarm. 1957 Background World Politics 1 42 The USSR will not disarm nuclearly. 2001 Times 6 July i. 12/1 The Ulster Unionist leader resigned because of the IRA's failure to disarm. 6. transitive. To deprive (an animal or part of an animal) of a natural means of attack and defence. Also in extended use and figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) ix. f. 112 Acheloy..his Crabtree face did hyde And head disarmed of a horne [L. lacerum cornu..caput]. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 43 Heliogabalus..suddenly in the night would put in among them Beares, Wolues, Lyons, and Leopards, muzled and disarmed. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 253 Death..shall..stoop Inglorious, of his mortall sting disarm'd . View more context for this quotation 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 17 Their jaws disabl'd, and their claws disarm'd. 1732 Danger of Faction 22 To keep it [sc. Faction] out of Power and Place, is to disarm it of its Teeth and Sting. 1765 W. Stevenson Vertumnus in Orig. Poems I. 121 The viper of his poison to disarm! The rabid tyger's deadly rage to stay! a1800 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad xvi, in tr. Homer Iliad & Odyssey (1802) II. 126 Hector drawing nigh To Ajax, of its brazen point disarm'd His ashen beam. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 49 Have the courage to appear poor, and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting. 1875 M. Pendreich Judgment of Babylon Great i. 24 A scorpion disarmed of his sting, although he may afterwards live, is strictly no longer a scorpion. 1913 Country Life in Amer. Jan. 31/2 I had allowed my skunks to grow up in full possession of their powers, but one day..a couple of them gave my man a shot. Then I was forced to disarm the lot. 2016 F. Chadwick et al. Bee Bk. 55 (caption) Bee-eaters disarm their prey by rubbing their stingers on branches to remove the venom. 7. transitive. To deprive (a person) of something which provides safety, protection, advantage, etc. Also reflexive. N.E.D. (1894) regarded quot. 1648 as the only example of defarm v., based on the reading in the 1693 edition of the text. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) benimc890 to do of ——eOE bedealc1000 disturbc1230 bereavec1275 reave?a1300 acquitc1300 benemec1300 deprivec1330 privea1382 subvertc1384 oppressc1395 abridgea1400 to bate of, from1399 lessa1400 nakena1400 dischargea1425 privatec1425 to bring outa1450 abatec1450 sever?1507 spulyie?1507 denude1513 disable1529 distrain1530 destituec1540 destitutec1540 defalk1541 to turn out of ——1545 discomfit1548 wipe1549 nude1551 disannul?a1556 bereft1557 diminish1559 benoom1563 joint1573 uncase1583 rid1585 disarm1590 visitc1592 ease1600 dispatch1604 unfurnisha1616 rig1629 retrench1640 unbecomea1641 disentail1641 cashier1690 twin1722 mulct1748 fordo1764 to do out of ——1796 to cut out1815 bate1823 deprivate1832 devoid1878 1590 E. Digby Dissuasiue ii. 54 Let vs willingly reiect the sensuall entisements of the flesh, disarming our selues of riches, goods, lands honour, office, authoritie, yea our owne father and mother. 1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) xiv. 148 Should they part with it [sc. the Militia] they should not onely..disarme themselves of safety, but of their wealth and riches too. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 93 Disarming them of all agible judgment and prudent succour. 1856 Q. Rev. June 254 She disarmed herself of all that could promote the objects of her own ambition. 1946 A. J. Toynbee & D. C. Somervell Study of Hist.: Abridgement Volumes I-VI (1947) i. 8 The West has driven its contemporaries to the wall..but it has not yet disarmed them of their distinctive cultures. 2012 K. Marshall Signatory 66 She would salvage her injured strength to disarm you of your phantom pride. †8. transitive. To remove in the manner of armour. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?1620 S. Rowlands Paire of Spy-knaues 6 Disarme this heauy burden from my backe. †9. transitive. To push (a horse's lips) outwards when fitting or using a bit, so that the lips are not obstructing the pressure of the bit on the bars (bar n.¹ 7a). Obsolete.In quot. 1696: to obstruct the pressure on (the bars in a horse's mouth) by failing to push the lips outwards. ΚΠ 1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal i. lxxxi. 227 The horse's barrs will thereby be disarmed, and yet the bit will not press too much upon them. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) To disarm the Lips of a Horse, is to keep them subject, and out from above the Bars, when they are so large as to cover the Bars, and prevent the Pressure or Appui of the Mouth, by bearing up the Bit, and so hindring the Horse from feeling the Effects of it upon the Bars. 1759 T. Wallis Farrier's & Horseman's Compl. Dict. at Disarm Give your horse a bit with a cannon coupe, or cut, which will disarm his lips. †10. transitive. Magnetism. To remove the armature from (a magnet). Cf. armour n. 8. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [verb (transitive)] > remove armature disarm1731 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 325 I took off the Armour and bound it to that which was newly touched, and therewith retouched that which I had disarmed. 1851 W. Gregory Lett. Candid Inquirer Animal Magnetism xii. 248 In one such case, mentioned by Reichenbach, a large magnet, being disarmed at the greatest distance permitted by the room, instantly struck the patient into complete rigidity and unconsciousness. 11. transitive. To deactivate or neutralize (an explosive device), rendering it harmless. ΚΠ 1946 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 17 July 7/3 The time device would ‘automatically’ disarm the bomb. 1969 Word Study Apr. 6/1 To avoid having any unused explosive going off in the faces of..the post-recovery team, the capsule must be disarmed or safed. 2013 D. Akerson in D. Saxon Internat. Humanitarian Law & Changing Technol. of War iii. 66 The US uses over 6,000 sentry robots at checkpoints and to disarm roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1700v.?c1400
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