insaniate

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verb

To render unsound; to make mad.

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Meanings

verbinsaniate (third-person singular simple present insaniates, present participle insaniating, simple past and past participle insaniated)

present singular third person insaniates · participle present insaniating · participle past insaniated · past insaniated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo render unsound; to make mad.

    Doth not the distemper of the body insaniate the ſoule?

    1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
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Origin

See insane.

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APA

insaniate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insaniate

MLA

“insaniate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insaniate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insaniate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insaniate.

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