Rage (rāj), n. [F., fr. L. rabies, fr. rabere to rave; cf. Skr. rabh to seize, rabhas violence. Cf. Rabid, Rabies, Rave.] 1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. “In great rage of pain.” Bacon.
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He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay.
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Convulsed with a rage of grief. Hawthorne.
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2. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.
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torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.
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3. A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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4. The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.
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Syn. -- Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See Anger.
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Rage, v. t. To enrage. [Obs.] Shak.
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