Meaning of DERANGE
| Pronunciation: | | di'reynj
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- [v] throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
- [v] derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
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| | Synonyms: | | perturb, throw out of kilter, unbalance |
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| | See Also: | | craze, disarray, disorder, madden | |
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| | Definition: | | \De*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deranged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Deranging}.] [F. d['e]ranger; pref. d['e]- = d['e]s-
(L. dis) + ranger to range. See {Range}, and cf.
{Disarrange}, {Disrank}.]
1. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper
arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder,
confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange;
as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of
a nation.
2. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or
the whole of a machine or organism.
A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts.
--Blair.
3. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the
intellect; to render insane.
Syn: To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb;
confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.
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| | Related Terms: | | afflict, clutter, craze, debilitate, dement, devitalize, disable, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, distract, disturb, drive insane, drive mad, enervate, enfeeble, frenzy, hospitalize, incapacitate, incommode, inconvenience, indispose, invalid, lay up, litter, mad, madden, make mad, mess, mess up, misarrange, muss, muss up, perturb, reduce, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, send mad, shatter, sicken, tousle, turn, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weaken |
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