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Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.

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  1. n. Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.
  2. a. Mad; frantic.
  3. v. t. To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness
  4. n. state of violent mental agitation
  5. Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage. All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison. The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak. Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangment; alienation; aberration; delirium. See Insanity. Mad; frantic. [R.] They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan. To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness [R.] "Frenzying anguish." Southey.
  6. Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction;violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness;rage.All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison.The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak.
  7. n:100 n state of violent mental agitation