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   Mad (?), obs. p. p. of Made.  Chaucer.
   
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   Mad (?), a. [Compar. Madder (?); superl. Maddest (?).] [AS. gemd, gemād, mad; akin to OS. gemd foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. meia to hurt, Goth. gamáids weak, broken. .]
   1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
   
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   I have heard my grandsire say full oft,
   
   Extremity of griefs would make men mad. Shak.
   
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   2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, “to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.”
   
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   It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. Jer. 1. 88.
   
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   And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. Acts xxvi. 11.
   
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   3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. “Mad demeanor.”  Milton.
   
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   Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. Franklin.
   
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   The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. Jowett (Thucyd.).
   
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   4. Extravagant; immoderate. “Be mad and merry.” Shak. “Fetching mad bounds.” Shak.
   
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   5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, “a mad bull”; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, “a mad dog”.
   
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   6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, “to get mad at a person”. [Colloq.]
   
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   7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.]
   
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   Like mad, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, “to run like mad. L'Estrange”. -- To run mad. (a) To become wild with excitement. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. -- To run mad after, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. “The world is running mad after farce.” Dryden.
   
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   Mad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n. Madding.] To make mad or furious; to madden.
   
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   Had I but seen thy picture in this plight,
   
   It would have madded me. Shak.
   
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   Mad, v. i. To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. [Archaic]  Chaucer.
   
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   Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest. Wyclif (Acts).
   
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   Mad, n. [AS. maa; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and prob. to E. moth.] (Zool.) An earthworm. [Written also made.]
   
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