Mad

Definition of Mad

p. p.

p. p. of Made.

I have heard my grandsire say full oft,
Extremity of griefs would make men mad.

- Shak.

Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.

It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

- Jer. 1. 88.

And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

- Acts xxvi. 11.

Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.

Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace.

- Franklin.

The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled.

- Jowett (Thucyd.).

Extravagant; immoderate.

Furious with rage, terror, or disease; - said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.

Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.

Having impaired polarity; - applied to a compass needle.

Like mad
like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. L'Estrange. - L'Estrange

To run mad
a -	To become wild with excitement
b -	To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia.

To run mad after
to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. - Dryden.

v. t.

To make mad or furious; to madden.

[imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n. Madding.]

Had I but seen thy picture in this plight,
It would have madded me.

- Shak.

v. i.

To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.

Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest.

- Wyclif (Acts).

(Zool.) An earthworm.

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