Craze

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CRAZED; p. pr. & vb. n. CRAZING.] [O. Eng. craze, from Fr. écraser, to crush, shatter, from Icel. krassa, to grind, Sw. krasa, to crush, break to pieces.]

1Sense 1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder; as, to craze tin ore. “The pot was crazed.” Chaucer.

God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. Milton.

2Sense 2. To put out of order; to confuse; to weaken; to impair.

Grief hath crazed my wits. Shak.

3Sense 3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

Every sinner does wilder and more extravagant things than any man can do that is crazed and out of his wits. Tillotson.

n. 1. State of craziness; insanity. 2. A strong habitual desire or passion. It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteely. Prof. Wilson.