acraze

Meanings

verbacraze (third-person singular simple present acrazes, present participle acrazing, simple past and past participle acrazed)

present singular third person acrazes · participle present acrazing · participle past acrazed · past acrazed · alternative acrase

transitiveTo weaken, impair, or enfeeble in mind, body, or estate; craze.

Origin

Old Norse*krasa“to shatter”
Middle Englishcrasen“to break, shatter”
Middle Frenchecraser“to squash”
Frenchacraser“to break, burst, craze, bruise, crush”
Englishacraze

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.

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