n. [ F., fr. L. rabies, fr. rabere to rave; cf. Skr. rabh to seize, rabhas violence. Cf. Rabid, Rabies, Rave. ]
He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Convulsed with a rage of grief. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted
Even to falling. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Do not go gentle into that good night. Dylan Thomas. [ PJC ]
Why do the heathen rage? Ps. ii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
The madding wheels
Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To enrage. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of rage; expressing rage. [ Obs. ] “Rageful eyes.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Wantonness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]