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inrage

inrage is the obsolete spelling of enrage.

Meaning of enrage

Verb

enrage (third-person singular simple present enrages, present participle enraging, simple past and past participle enraged)

  1. (intransitive) To become angry or wild.
  2. (transitive) To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To provoke to madness, to make insane.
    • La[dy Macbeth]. I pray you ſpeake not: he growes worſe & worſe
      Queſtion enrages him: at once, goodnight. […]
      Len[nox]. Good night, and better health
      Attend his Maieſty.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of inrage

third-person singular presentinrages
present participleinraging
past participleinraged
pastinraged

Questions about inrage

What is inrage the obsolete spelling of?
Inrage is the obsolete spelling of enrage.

Words near inrage in the dictionary

  1. inquorate
  2. INR
  3. inracinated
  4. inradii
  5. inradius
  6. inrage
  7. inraged
  8. inrages
  9. inraging
  10. inrail
  11. inrailed

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