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disarm (v.)
late 14c., from Old French
desarmer
(11c.), from
des-
(see
dis-
) +
armer
"to arm" (see
arm
(v.)). The figurative sense is slightly earlier in English than the literal. Related:
Disarmed
;
disarming
.
