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Disarm
Pronunciation : Dis*arm"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. desarmen, F. d?sarmer; pref. d?s- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See Arm.]
Definition : 1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson.
2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
t. [imp. & p. p. Disarming; p. pr. & vb. n. Disarming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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