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Webster 1913 Edition
Craze
Craze
(krāz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crazed
(krāzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Crazing
.] [OE.
crasen
to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa
to crackle, slå i kras
, to break to pieces, F. écraser
to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash
.] 1.
To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See
Crase
. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And
craze
their chariot wheels. Milton.
2.
To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
[Obs.]
Till length of years,
And sedentary numbness,
And sedentary numbness,
craze
my limbs. Milton.
3.
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
Any man . . . that is
crazed
and out of his wits. Tilloston.
Grief hath
crazed
my wits. Shakespeare
Craze
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
She would weep and he would
craze
. Keats.
2.
To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
Craze
,Noun.
1.
Craziness; insanity.
2.
A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
It was quite a
craze
with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly. Prof. Wilson.
3.
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad;
as, the bric-a-brac
. craze
; the æsthetic craze
Various
crazes
concerning health and disease. W. Pater.
Webster 1828 Edition
Craze
CRAZE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To break; to weaken; to break or impair the natural force or energy of.Till length of years, and sedentary numbness, craze my limbs.
2.
To crush in pieces; to grind to powder; as, to craze tin.3.
To crack the brain; to shatter; to impair the intellect; as, to be crazed with love or grief.