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ENRAGE
enrage
(verb) put into a rage; make violently angry
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
enrage (third-person singular simple present enrages, present participle enraging, simple past and past participle enraged)
(transitive) To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
Synonyms
• See also enrage
Anagrams
• Gerena, anegre, angree, genera
Source: Wiktionary
En*rage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Enraging.] Etym: [F. enrager to be enraged; pref. en- (L. in) + rage rage. See Rage.]
Definition: To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
Syn.
– To irritate; incense; inflame; exasperate; provoke; anger; madden; infuriate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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