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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. .]
   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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   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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   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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   Extravagant; immoderate. “Be mad and merry.” Shak. “Fetching mad bounds.” Shak.
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   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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   Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.]
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   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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