insanifyv.
/ɪnˈsanɪfʌɪ/ rare.
transitive. To make insane. Also absol. or intransitive. To cause insanity.
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to face (a person) out ofc1530
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to go (also run, set) a-madding (or on madding)1600
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send (someone) up the wall1951
1809 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 140/2 There may be..some very respectable men at the head of these maniacs [Methodists], who would insanify them with some degree of prudence, and keep them only half mad, if they could.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 8/1 There is not much virtue in a cup which does not inebriate, if it does insanify.
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