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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Tell me, what vapor has deranged his mind in so short a time?
From The McNaughtens by Frank J. Morlock
But the prospect of a war has deranged and inflamed every thing.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
Come, that sabre cut I got on the head at the siege of Azof has deranged my brain.
From A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue
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
