rage

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1. 1.Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury. torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.
2. 2.A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. 3.The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage. See Anger.
4. 4.To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." Milton. When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even to falling. Shak.
5. 5.To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. Why do the heathen rage Ps. ii.
6. 6.The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. Milton.
7. 7.To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.
8. 8.To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.
9. 9.To enrage. [Obs.] Shak.

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

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• What is especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury. torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton called?
• What is a violent or raging wind. [Obs.] Chaucer called?
• What is the subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage. See Anger called?
• What is to be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." Milton. When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even to falling. Shak called?
• What is to be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. Why do the heathen rage Ps. ii called?
• What is the madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. Milton called?
• What is to ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo called?
• What is to toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] Chaucer called?