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en·rage \ə̇nˈrāj, en-\ verb Etymology: Middle French enrager to become mad, from Old French enragier, from en- en- (I) + rage — more at rage transitive verb 1. obsolete a. : to make (as the sea) violent : cause (as a disease) to become more virulent : exacerbate b. : to cause to become fevered or swollen : produce heat in (as a lesion) 2. : to cause to become furious : fill with rage : madden < the child's teasing enraged the animal > sometimes : to make angry : exasperate : seriously annoy intransitive verb 1. obsolete : to become distracted or maddened (as by pain or distress) 2. a. archaic : to become furiously angry b. obsolete : to become intense (as of plague, famine, or tyranny) : rage |