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Webster 1913 Edition


Derange

De-range′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deranged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Deranging
.]
[F.
déranger
; pref.
dé-
=
dés-
(L.
dis
) +
ranger
to range. See
Range
, and cf.
Disarrange
,
Disrank
.]
1.
To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange;
as, to
derange
the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation
.
2.
To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.
A sudden fall
deranges
some of our internal parts.
Blair.
Syn. – To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.

Webster 1828 Edition


Derange

DERANGE

, v.t.
1.
To put out of order; to disturb the regular order of; to throw into confusion; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.
I had long supposed that nothing could derange or interrupt the course of putrefaction.
2.
To embarrass; to disorder; as, his private affairs are deranged.
3.
To disorder the intellect; to disturb the regular operations of reason.
4.
To remove from place or office, as the personal staff of a principal military officer. Thus when a general officer resigns or is removed from office, the personal staff appointed by himself are said to be deranged.

Definition 2024


derange

derange

See also: dérange and dérangé

English

Verb

derange (third-person singular simple present deranges, present participle deranging, simple past and past participle deranged)

  1. to cause someone to go insane (usually used in the passive, see deranged)
  2. to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
    • 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
      Both these kinds of monopolies derange more or less the natural distribution of the stock of the society;
  3. (archaic) to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone
    • 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia, Memoirs of an Heiress
      "By no means, Sir," answered the Captain: "I shall be quite au désespoir if I derange any body."
    • 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost Special
      A second special was out of the question, as the ordinary local service was already somewhat deranged by the first.

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