Main Entry: ¹craze

Pronunciation: \ˈkrāz\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): crazed; craz·ing

Etymology: Middle English crasen to crush, craze, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish krasa to crush

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 obsolete : break, shatter
2 : to produce minute cracks on the surface or glaze of <crazed glass>
3 : to make insane or as if insane <crazed by pain and fear>intransitive verb 1 archaic : shatter, break
2 : to become insane
3 : to develop a mesh of fine cracks