rage

[Fr., from Lat. rabiem, acc us. of rabies =madne , rage, from rabio, rabo =to rage, to rave; cogn. with Sansc. rabh to desire veheinently, to act inconsiderately; Sp. rabi a; Ital. rabbi a; Cf. Mahratta rag =anger.] [RABIES.] 1. Violent anger or pa ion, accompanied with furious words, gestures, or agitation; fury. "Anger when it prompts to threats and actions extravagant and atrocious, is termed rage ."-Cogan: On the Pa ions, ch. ii., § 3. 2. Extreme violence; wild impetuosity; furiousne . (In this sense sometimes used in the plural.) "One for all, or all for one we gage; As life for honor in fell battle's rage ." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece , 145. 3. Vehemence or exacerbation of any thing painful; as, the rage of hunger, the rage of a fever. 4. Enthusiasm, rapture. 5. Extreme desire, eagerne , or pa ion directed toward some object. "You purchase pain with all that joy can give, And die of nothing but a rage to live." Pope: Moral E ays, ii. 100. The rage, all the rage: Something eagerly sought or run after by a number of people; an object of general and eager desire or seeking; fashion, vogue. ( Colloq .) "Criterion was all the rage."-London Daily Chronicle. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0172.png:[blocks in formation] "Doth he still rage ?"-Shakesp.: King John, v. 7. 5. To ravage; to prevail without restraint or with fatal effect. "The fire continued to rage with great fury."- London Daily Telegraph. 6. To be violently or strongly excited. "Those raging appetites."-Shakesp.: Othello , i. 3. *7. To toy, to play, to dally; to sport wantonly. "She bygan to plaie and rage."-Gower: C. A., i. *B. Trans.: To enrage, to chafe; to throw into a rage or fury; to excite. "Young hot colts, being raged , do rage the more." Shakesp.: Richard II ., ii. 1. răg'-eě, răg'-geě, s. [Mahratta.] [ELEUSINE ] *rāge-fül, adj . [Eng.rage, s.; -ful (l).] Full of rage; furious, violent. "The monarch meets him with a rageful frown." Mickle: Lusiad, viii. *ragery, *ragerie, s . [Eng. rage ; -ry.] 1. Wantonne . 'I was young and ful of ragerie." 2. Rage, fury. Chaucer: C. T. , 6,037. "Plucked off in a ragery ." Browne: Shepheard's Pipe, Ecl. 1. răg'-gěd, *rag-gede, a . [Eng.rag; -ed.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Shaggy, rough. "A ragged colt."- King A lisa under , 684. 2. Worn or torn into rags or tatters; tattered. "With over-weather'd ribs and ragged sails." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , ii. 6. 3. Having broken or rough edges; uneven, rugged, jagged. ( Isaiah ii. 21.) 4. Growing unevenly and scantily. "The ragged furze." -Thomson: Autumn. 5. Uneven, rough; out of time; as, The rowing was ragged . 6. Wearing tattered, torn, or shabby clothes; dre ed in rags or mean, shabby clothes; shabby. "His army is a ragged multitude." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. II ., iv. 4. *7. Poor, miserable. "Upon thy back hangs ragged misery." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , v. 1. *8. Harsh, rough, discordant. "My voice is ragged ." Shakesp.: As You Like It , ii. 5. II. Her.: Raguly (q. v.). ragged-robin, s. Botany: Lychnis flos-cuculi. The flowers are in loose dichotomous cymes; the petals four-cleft. Found in moist meadows, . "Pick'd a ragged - robin from the hedge." Tennyson: Geraint and Enid.