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frenzy

frenzy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage. All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison. The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak. See Insanity.
  2. 2.Mad; frantic. [R.] They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.
  3. 3.To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness [R.] "Frenzying anguish." Southey.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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