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RAGE, n. [Heb. to grind or gnash the teeth.]

1. Violent anger accompanied with furious words, gestures or agitation; anger excited to fury. Passion sometimes rises to rage.

Torment and loud lament and furious rage.

2. Vehemence or violent exacerbation of any thing painful; as the rage of pain; the rage of a fever; the rage of hunger or thirst.

3. Fury; extreme violence; as the rage of a tempest.

4. Enthusiasm; rapture.

Who brought green poesy to her perfect age, and made that art which was a rage.

5. Extreme eagerness or passion directed to some object; as the rage for money.

You purchase pain with all that joy can give, and die of nothing but a rage to live.

RAGE, v.i.

1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.

At this he inly rag'd.

2. To be violent and tumultuous.

Why do the heathen rage? Ps. 2.

3. To be violently driven or agitated; as the raging sea or winds.

4. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with fatal effect; as, the plague rages in Cairo.

5. To be driven with impetuosity; to act or move furiously.

The chariots shall rage in the streets. Nah. 2.

The madding wheels of brazen chariots rag'd.

6. To toy wantonly; to sport. [Not in use.]


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RAGE, n. [Heb. to grind or gnash the teeth.]

1. Violent anger accompanied with furious words, gestures or agitation; anger excited to fury. Passion sometimes rises to rage.

Torment and loud lament and furious rage.

2. Vehemence or violent exacerbation of any thing painful; as the rage of pain; the rage of a fever; the rage of hunger or thirst.

3. Fury; extreme violence; as the rage of a tempest.

4. Enthusiasm; rapture.

Who brought green poesy to her perfect age, and made that art which was a rage.

5. Extreme eagerness or passion directed to some object; as the rage for money.

You purchase pain with all that joy can give, and die of nothing but a rage to live.

RAGE, v.i.

1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.

At this he inly rag'd.

2. To be violent and tumultuous.

Why do the heathen rage? Ps. 2.

3. To be violently driven or agitated; as the raging sea or winds.

4. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with fatal effect; as, the plague rages in Cairo.

5. To be driven with impetuosity; to act or move furiously.

The chariots shall rage in the streets. Nah. 2.

The madding wheels of brazen chariots rag'd.

6. To toy wantonly; to sport. [Not in use.]

RAGE, n. [Fr. rage, whence enrager, to enrage; Corn. arraich; Arm. arragi, arragein, to enrage. This belongs to the family of Rg, to break or burst forth. See Rag. Perhaps Heb. Ch. and Syr. חרק, to grind or gnash the teeth; in Ar. to burn, to break, to muck, to grind the teeth, to be angry. The radical sense of burn is in many cases to rage or be violent. Class Rg, No. 34.]

  1. Violent anger accompanied with furious words, gestures or agitation; anger excited to fury. Passion sometimes rises to rage. Torment and loud lament and furious rage. – Milton.
  2. Vehemence or violent exacerbation of any thing painful; as, the rage of pain; the rage of a fever; the rage of hunger or thirst. – Pope.
  3. Fury; extreme violence; as, the rage of a tempest.
  4. Enthusiasm; rapture. Who brought green poesy to her perfect age, / And made that art which was a rage. – Cowley.
  5. Extreme eagerness or passion directed to some object; as, the rage for money. You purchase pain with all that joy can give, / And die of nothing but a rage to live. – Pope.

RAGE, v.i.

  1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. At this he inly rag'd. – Milton.
  2. To be violent and tumultuous. Why do the heathen rage? – Ps. ii.
  3. To be violently driven or agitated; as, the raging sea or winds.
  4. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with fatal effect; as, the plague rages in Cairo.
  5. To be driven with impetuosity; to act or move furiously. The chariots shall rage in the streets. – Nah. ii. The madding wheels of brazen chariots rag'd. – Milton.
  6. To toy wantonly; to sport. [Not in use.] – Gower.

Rage
  1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.

    "In great rage of pain." Bacon.

    He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay.

    Convulsed with a rage of grief. Hawthorne.

  2. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.

    "Whereat he inly raged." Milton.

    When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted
    Even to falling.     Shak.

  3. To enrage.

    [Obs.] Shak.
  4. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.

    Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.

  5. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds.

    Why do the heathen rage? Ps. ii. 1.

    The madding wheels
    Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise.     Milton.

  6. A violent or raging wind.

    [Obs.] Chaucer.
  7. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.
  8. The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.

    Syn. -- Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See Anger.

  9. To toy or act wantonly; to sport.

    [Obs.] Chaucer.

    Syn. -- To storm; fret; chafe; fume.

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Rage

RAGE, noun [Heb. to grind or gnash the teeth.]

1. Violent anger accompanied with furious words, gestures or agitation; anger excited to fury. Passion sometimes rises to rage

Torment and loud lament and furious rage

2. Vehemence or violent exacerbation of any thing painful; as the rage of pain; the rage of a fever; the rage of hunger or thirst.

3. Fury; extreme violence; as the rage of a tempest.

4. Enthusiasm; rapture.

Who brought green poesy to her perfect age, and made that art which was a rage

5. Extreme eagerness or passion directed to some object; as the rage for money.

You purchase pain with all that joy can give, and die of nothing but a rage to live.

RAGE, verb intransitive

1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.

At this he inly rag'd.

2. To be violent and tumultuous.

Why do the heathen rage? Psalms 2:1.

3. To be violently driven or agitated; as the raging sea or winds.

4. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with fatal effect; as, the plague rages in Cairo.

5. To be driven with impetuosity; to act or move furiously.

The chariots shall rage in the streets. Nahum 2.

The madding wheels of brazen chariots rag'd.

6. To toy wantonly; to sport. [Not in use.]

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