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2 definitions found 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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