Enrage

/ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/ verb

verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To become angry or wild. intransitive
  2. 2
    put into a rage; make violently angry wordnet
  3. 3
    To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious. transitive
  4. 4
    To provoke to madness, to make insane. obsolete, transitive

    "La[dy Macbeth]. I pray you ſpeake not: he growes worſe & worſe Queſtion enrages him: at once, goodnight. […] Len[nox]. Good night, and better health Attend his Maieſty."

Example

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"The word that Mary had, just before the comma, to enrage Tom, was the word "erased"."

Etymology

From Old French enrager, enragier, from rage. Equivalent to en- + rage.

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