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To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.

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  1. v. t. To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.
  2. v. t. To emasculate; to deprive of virility.
  3. v. t. To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.
  4. v. t. To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.
  5. v. cause to lose one's nerve
  6. v. cause to lose one's nerve