Dis*arm" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Disarming (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Disarming.] [OE. desarmen, F. désarmer;
pref. dés- (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.