rage sb. (the sense of ‘violent anger, furious passion’ is the commonest)
1.
madness,
insanity Err. IV. iii. 88, V. i. 48,
Lr. IV. vii. 78
“the great rage, You
see, is kill'd in him.”
2.
angry or savage
disposition
Mer.V. V. i. 81
“stockish, hard, and
full of ,”
1H4 III. i. 183
“harsh , Defect of
manners.”
3.
violent passion or
appetite
2H4 IV. iv. 63
“rage and hot
blood,”
Lucr. 424, 468; sexual
passion Ham. III. iii. 89.
4.
poetic enthusiasm
Sonn. xvii. 11
“So should . . . your
true rights be term'd a poet's
rage.”
5.
warlike ardour,
impetuosity, or fury
John II. i. 265
“shall we give the
signal to our rage,”
R2 II. iv. 14
“to enjoy by and
war,”
1H4 I. iii. 31, H5 III. i. 8,
Lucr. 145
“in fell battle's
rage.”
