Craze

Definition of Craze

Pronunciation: krāz

v. t.	1.	To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase. [imp. & p. p. Crazed (krāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane. She would weep and he would craze. - Keats.
	2.	To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
n.	1.	Craziness; insanity.
	2.	A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet. It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly. - Prof. Wilson.
	3.	A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the æsthetic craze. Various crazes concerning health and disease. - W. Pater.
	4.	(Ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.

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