CRAZE

craze. Craze, v.t. to break, crack the brain, powder

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Craze (krāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crazed (krāzd); 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. 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. 2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. Milton. 3. 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.