derange
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[edit] Etymology
From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).
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[edit] Verb
derange (third-person singular simple present deranges, present participle deranging, simple past and past participle deranged)
- to cause someone to go insane (usually used in the passive, see deranged)
- to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
- 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
- Both these kinds of monopolies derange more or less the natural distribution of the stock of the society;
- 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
- (archaic) to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone
- 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia, Memoirs of an Heiress
- "By no means, Sir," answered the Captain: "I shall be quite au désespoir if I derange any body."
- 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia, Memoirs of an Heiress
[edit] Translations
to cause someone to go insane
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to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
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