Craze (krAz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crazed (krAzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, slå i kras, to break to pieces, F. écraser to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash.]
1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels.
Milton. 2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.] Till length of years,
And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs.
Milton. 3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane. Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits.
Tilloston. Grief hath crazed my wits.
Shak. © Webster 1913
Craze, v. i.
1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane. She would weep and he would craze.
Keats. 2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery. © Webster 1913
Craze, n.
1. Craziness; insanity. 2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet. It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly.
Prof. Wilson. 3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the æsthetic craze. Various crazes concerning health and disease.
W. Pater. © Webster 1913
Craze, n. (Ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat. © Webster 1913
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