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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mad  \Mad\,  a.  [Compar.  {Madder};  superl.  {Maddest}.]  [AS.  gem?d, 
  gem[=a]d,  mad;  akin  to  OS  gem?d  foolish,  OHG.  gameit,  Icel. 
  mei?a  to  hurt,  Goth.  gam['a]ids  weak,  broken.  ?.] 
  1.  Disordered  in  intellect;  crazy;  insane. 
 
  I  have  heard  my  grandsire  say  full  oft,  Extremity  of 
  griefs  would  make  men  mad.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  3.  Proceeding  from  or  indicating,  madness;  expressing 
  distraction;  prompted  by  infatuation,  fury,  or  extreme 
  rashness.  ``Mad  demeanor.''  --Milton. 
 
  Mad  wars  destroy  in  one  year  the  works  of  many  years 
  of  peace.  --Franklin. 
 
  The  mad  promise  of  Cleon  was  fulfilled.  --Jowett 
  (Thucyd.). 
 
  4.  Extravagant;  immoderate.  ``Be  mad  and  merry.''  --Shak. 
  ``Fetching  mad  bounds.''  --Shak. 
 
  5.  Furious  with  rage,  terror,  or  disease;  --  said  of  the 
  lower  animals;  as  a  mad  bull;  esp.,  having  hydrophobia; 
  rabid;  as  a  mad  dog. 
 
  6.  Angry;  out  of  patience;  vexed;  as  to  get  mad  at  a  person. 
  [Colloq.] 
 
  7.  Having  impaired  polarity;  --  applied  to  a  compass  needle. 
  [Colloq.] 
 
  {Like  mad},  like  a  mad  person;  in  a  furious  manner;  as  to 
  run  like  mad.  --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.  ``The  world  is  running 
  mad  after  farce.''  --Dryden.




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