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Rage (rāj), n. [F., fr. L. rabies, fr. rabere to rave; cf. Skr. rabh to seize, rabhas violence. Cf. Rabid, Rabies, Rave.]
1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. “In great rage of pain.” Bacon.
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He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay.
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Convulsed with a rage of grief. Hawthorne.
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2. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.
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torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.
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3. A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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4. 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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Syn. -- Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See Anger.
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Rage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raged (rājd); p. pr. & vb. n. Raging (rāˈjĭng).] [OF. ragier. See Rage, n.]
1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. “Whereat he inly raged.” Milton.
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When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted
Even to falling. Shak.
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Do not go gentle into that good night. Dylan Thomas.
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2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, “the raging sea or winds”.
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Why do the heathen rage? Ps. ii. 1.
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The madding wheels
Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. Milton.
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3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, “the plague raged in Cairo”.
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4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Syn. -- To storm; fret; chafe; fume.
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Rage, v. t. To enrage. [Obs.] Shak.
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