disarm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disarm	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disarm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disarm v remove offensive capability from [syn: disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise] Antonym(s): arm, build up, fortify, gird make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely" take away the weapons from; render harmless Synonym(s): disarm, unarm
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disarm \Disarm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disarming}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disarming}.] [OE. desarmen, F. d[82]sarmer; pref. d[82]s- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See {Arm}.] 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.