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Mad (?), obs. p. p. of Made. Chaucer.
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Mad (?), a. [Compar. Madder (?); superl. Maddest (?).] [AS. gem&unr_;d, gem&ā;d, mad; akin to OS. gem&unr_;d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei&unr_;a to hurt, Goth. gamáids weak, broken. &unr_;.] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
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I have heard my grandsire say full oft,
Extremity of griefs would make men mad.
Shak.
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2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.
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It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Jer. 1. 88.
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And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Acts xxvi. 11.
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3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. “Mad demeanor.” Milton.
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Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace.
Franklin.
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The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled.
Jowett (Thucyd.).
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4. Extravagant; immoderate. “Be mad and merry.” Shak. “Fetching mad bounds.” Shak.
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5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
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6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.]
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7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.]
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Like mad, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. L'Estrange. -- To run mad. (a) To become wild with excitement. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. -- To run mad after, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. “The world is running mad after farce.” Dryden.
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Mad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n. Madding.] To make mad or furious; to madden.
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Had I but seen thy picture in this plight,
It would have madded me.
Shak.
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Mad, v. i. To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. [Archaic] Chaucer.
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Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest.
Wyclif (Acts).
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Mad, n. [AS. ma&unr_;a; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and prob. to E. moth.] (Zo&ö;l.) An earthworm. [Written also made.]
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