| Rage (rage) |
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| n. | (r j) |
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| Rage |
| [F., fr. L.
rabies, fr. rabere to rave; cf. Skr. rabh to
seize, rabhas violence. Cf. Rabid, Rabies,
Rave.] |
Violent excitement; eager
passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering
the will.
Especially, anger accompanied with raving;
overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.
A violent or raging wind.
The subject of eager desire; that which is
sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion;
as, to be all the rage.
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To be furious with anger; to be exasperated
to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.
To be violent and tumultuous; to be
violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the
raging sea or winds.
To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or
with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in
Cairo.
To toy or act wantonly; to sport.
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