acraze
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom French acraser (“to break, burst, craze, bruise, crush”), same as écraser (“to squash”), from Middle French ecraser (“to squash”), from Middle English crasen (“to break, shatter”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”). More at craze.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -eɪz
Verb
editacraze (third-person singular simple present acrazes, present participle acrazing, simple past and past participle acrazed)
- (transitive) To weaken, impair, or enfeeble in mind, body, or estate; craze.
References
edit- “acraze”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.