derange
verb (used with object)
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
has deranged
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present perfectof derange (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In this manner, the sex of an unborn child can be predicted with tolerable accuracy, excepting only when illness of the fœtus has deranged the action of its heart.
From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by George H. (George Henry) Napheys
Tell me, what vapor has deranged his mind in so short a time?
From The McNaughtens by Frank J. Morlock
A sudden trip to Saratoga has deranged my plans.
From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by George Willis Cooke
It has deranged business totally in many places, and perhaps in all.
From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865 by Abraham Lincoln
"If to-morrow will be Sunday, to-day must be Saturday, Mr. Saunders, unless this last gale has deranged the calendar."
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by James Fenimore Cooper
