craze
verb (used with object)
to derange or impair the mind of; make insane.
have crazed
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present perfectof craze.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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Her disappointment seemed really to have crazed her, and his only possible rejoinder was to take a summary departure.
From Roderick Hudson by Henry James
Hush! hush!" said the Prioress, glancing round her nervously; "your woes have crazed you.
From The Lady of Blossholme by Henry Rider Haggard
She would have crazed me in a little while, if I had minded her.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various
How can a painted semblance thus have crazed So sensible a prince?
From Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx by Sabilla Novello
So many miseries have crazed my voice, that my woe-wearied tongue is still.—Shakespeare.
From Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou
