Craze (krAz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crazed (krAzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, slå i kras, to break to pieces, F. écraser to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash.]
1.
To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels.
Milton.
2.
To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.]
Till length of years,
And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs.
Milton.
3.
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits.
Tilloston.
Grief hath crazed my wits.
Shak.
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Craze, v. i.
1.
To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
She would weep and he would craze.
Keats.
2.
To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
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Craze, n.
1.
Craziness; insanity.
2.
A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly.
Prof. Wilson.
3.
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the æsthetic craze.
Various crazes concerning health and disease.
W. Pater.
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Craze, n. (Ceramics)
A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
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