Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disarming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disarm \Dis*arm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disarming}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Disarming}.] [OE. desarmen, F. d['e]sarmer; pref. d['e]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disarming
adj 1: capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring
confidence; "a disarming smile"
2: capable of allaying hostility
n : act of reducing or depriving of arms: "the disarmament of
the aggressor nations must be complete" [syn: {disarmament}]
[ant: {arming}, {arming}]
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