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 verb1obsolete : break, shatter2: 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 verb1archaic : shatter, break2: to become insane3: to develop a mesh of fine cracks