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.

To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed.

She would weep and he would craze. Keats.