acraze
English
Alternative forms
- acrase
Etymology
From 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
- Rhymes: -eɪz
Verb
acraze (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
- acraze in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.