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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Derange \De*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deranged}; p. pr &
vb n. {Deranging}.] [F. d['e]ranger; pref. d['e]- = d['e]s-
(L. dis) + ranger to range. See {Range}, and cf
{Disarrange}, {Disrank}.]
1. To put out of place order or rank; to disturb the proper
arrangement or order of to throw into disorder,
confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange;
as to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of
a nation.
2. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or
the whole of a machine or organism.
A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts
--Blair.
3. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the
intellect; to render insane.
Syn: To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb;
confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
derange
v 1: derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
[syn: {unbalance}]
2: throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental
Islamicists theaten to perturb the social order in Algeria
and Egypt" [syn: {perturb}, {throw out of kilter}]
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