Rage, vb. 1) intr. a) to be furious with anger or any wild excitement: Err. V, 216. R2 II, 1, 70. H4B V, 5, 34. H6C I, 4, 143. Troil. II, 3, 185. Lr. I, 2, 178. III, 4, 137. Cymb. III, 5, 67. Per. III, 3, 10. Used of the elements: Gent. I, 2, 122. II, 7, 26. Err. V, 75. Shr. I, 2, 203. II, 133. Wint. III, 3, 90. H6B III, 1, 302. H6B III, 1, 302 H6C I, 4, 145. Troil. I, 3, 97. Tit. III, 1, 223. Rom. III, 5, 136. Caes. I, 3, 7. Lr. III, 2, 1. III, 4, 10. Per. IV, 4, 43.
b) to ravage, to act with mischievous impetuosity: Mids. I, 2, 33 (the --ing rocks; Bottom's poetry). Shr. V, 2, 2. John V, 7, 80. H6A IV, 1, 185. H6C II, 3, 26. II, 5, 126. Cor. IV, 6, 76.
c) to be driven headlong by desire and passion: “when we r., advice is often seen to make our wits more keen,” Compl. 160. those pampered animals that r. in “savage sensuality,” Ado IV, 1, 62. “where his --ing eye listed to make his prey,” R3 III, 5, 83 (Qq lustful). “those --ing appetites,” Troil. II, 2, 181. “to cool our --ing motions,” Oth. I, 3, 334.
d) to rave: “doth he still r.?” John V, 7, 11. “still in motion of --ing waste,” Tim. II, 1, 4. “when one so great begins to r.” Ant. IV, 1, 7.
e) to cause extreme pain: “like the hectic in my blood he --s,” Hml. IV, 3, 68. “troubled with a --ing tooth,” Oth. III, 3, 414.
2) tr. to enrage, to chafe: “young hot colts being --d do rage the more,” R2 II, 1, 70. “in war was never lion --d more fierce,” R2 II, 1, 70
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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