derange
verb (used with object)
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
was deranging
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past progressiveof derange.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As for him, he was repeating, steadily, "Pas dérange"—"Pas dérange," when all the time he was deranging ruthlessly and even permanently.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine
