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Grief hath crazed my wits.

Shak.

Craze, 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.

Craze, 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; as, the bric-a-brac
craze; the æsthetic craze.

Various crazes concerning health and
disease.

W. Pater.

Craz"ed*ness (-?d-n?s), n. A
broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the
intellect.

{ Craze"-mill` (krāz"m&ibreve;l`),
Craz"ing-mill` (kr?"z?ng-) }, n. [See
1st Craze.


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