Part 6729

<hw>Mac"ule</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>maculer</ets>. See <er>Maculate</er>,<tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>To blur; especially <fld>(Print.)</fld>, to blur or double an impression from type. See <er>Mackle</er>.</def>

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<hw>Mac"u*lose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>maculosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.</def>

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<hw>Mad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>obs. p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Made</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Mad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Madder</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Maddest</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>gem<?/d</ets>, <ets>gem\'bed</ets>, mad; akin to OS. <ets>gem<?/d</ets> foolish, OHG. <ets>gameit</ets>, Icel. <ets>mei<?/a</ets> to hurt, Goth. <ets>gam\'a0ids</ets> weak, broken. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.</def>

<blockquote>I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men <b>mad</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; <as>as, to be <ex>mad</ex> with terror, lust, or hatred; <ex>mad</ex> against political reform.</as></def>

<blockquote>It is the land of graven images, and they are <b>mad</b> upon their idols. <i>Jer. 1. 88.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And being exceedingly <b>mad</b> against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. <i>Acts xxvi. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.</def> "<i>Mad</i> demeanor."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote><b>Mad</b> wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. <i>Franklin.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>mad</b> promise of Cleon was fulfilled. <i>Jowett (Thucyd.).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Extravagant; immoderate.</def> "Be <i>mad</i> and merry." <i>Shak.</i> "Fetching <i>mad</i> bounds." <i>Shak</i>.

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; <as>as, a <ex>mad</ex> bull</as>; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; <as>as, a <ex>mad</ex> dog</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Angry; out of patience; vexed; <as>as, to get <ex>mad</ex> at a person</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<cs><col>Like mad</col>, <cd>like a mad person; in a furious manner; <as>as, to run <ex>like mad<ex>. <i>L'Estrange</i></as>.</cd> -- <col>To run mad</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To become wild with excitement</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia.</cd> -- <col>To run mad after</col>, <cd>to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is <i>running mad after<i> farce." <i>Dryden</i>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Mad</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Madded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Madding</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make mad or furious; to madden.</def>

<blockquote>Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have <b>madded</b> me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Mad</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See <er>Madding</er>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Festus said with great voice, Paul thou <b>maddest</b>. <i>Wyclif (Acts).</i></blockquote>