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verb

Craze v. t. (past & past part. crazed; pres. part. crazing)

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."

To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. (Obs.) "Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs."

To derange the intellect of; to render insane. "Any man... that is crazed and out of his wits." "Grief hath crazed my wits."

Craze v. i.

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."

To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crazed" Quotes from Famous Books

... Tilbury burst into the room. If Dig and Arthur were a little crazed about cricket, Tilbury was positively ...

— The Master of the Shell • Talbot Baines Reed

... near the fire, and so little Stanislovas spent most of the day dancing about in horrible agony, till Jurgis flew into a passion of nervous rage and swore like a madman, declaring that he would kill him if he did not stop. All that day and night the family was half-crazed with fear that Ona and the boy had lost their places; and in the morning they set out earlier than ever, after the little fellow had been beaten with a stick by Jurgis. There could be no trifling in a case like this, it was a ...

— The Jungle • Upton Sinclair

... extreme to the other. Crazed, tumultuous in his fury, and at first like a baffled tiger, he moderated his voice and manner until his companions ...

— A Waif of the Mountains • Edward S. Ellis

... are consumed with thirst, and drink of no sweet spring, but of the bitter wave, and thirst, and drink again, until madness possesses their brains, and death releases them from their misery. Thus did they thirst, and drink again, and were crazed; being inflamed with the desire to learn the secrets of nature, hesitating not to dip their hands in blood, seeking in the living tissues of animals for the hidden springs of life. For in their madness they hoped by knowledge to gain absolute dominion over nature, ...

— A Crystal Age • W. H. Hudson

... amiable in this charming woman is her desire of making my dear father satisfied with his scribbler's 'attempt! I do, indeed, feel the most grateful love for her. But Dr. Johnson's approbation!—It almost crazed me with agreeable surprise—it gave me such a flight of spirits that I danced a jig to Mr. Crisp, Without any preparation, music, or explanation;—to his no small amazement and diversion. I left him, however, to make his own comments upon my friskiness without ...

— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 1 • Madame D'Arblay

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