DEMENTING

Adjective

dementing (not comparable)

Causing dementia.

Undergoing dementia.

Source: Wiktionary


DEMENT

De*ment", v. t. Etym: [L. dementare, fr. demens, -mentis, out of one's mind, mad; de + mens mind. See Mental, and cf. Dementate.]

Definition: To deprive of reason; to make mad. [R.] Bale.

De*ment", a. Etym: [L. demens, -mentis.]

Definition: Demented; dementate. [R.] J. H. Newman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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