Dictionary entry

Craze

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Craze (krāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crazed (krāzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, slå i kras, to break to pieces, F. écraser to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash.] 1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.

God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels.

Milton.

2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.

Till length of years,

And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs.

Milton.

3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

Any man... that is crazed and out of his wits.

Tilloston.

Grief hath crazed my wits.

Shak.