Craze
Craze (krāz) , transitive verb
[Old English crasen to break, from Scand., perh. through Old French; compare Swedish krasa to crackle, slå i kras, to break to pieces, French écraser to crush, from the Scand. Compare 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.
2.
To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obsolete]
Till length of years,
And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs.
3.
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
Any man... that is crazed and out of his wits.
Grief hath crazed my wits.
Craze , intransitive verb
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.
2.
To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
Craze , noun
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.
3.
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the asthetic craze.
Various crazes concerning health and disease.
4.
(Ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.