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Insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- De*ment"ed*ness, n.

To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.

Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.

Insane; mad. [Obs.] Drayton.

Her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself. By herself, alone; apart; unaccompanied.

eal character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself. By himself, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself. -- To leave one to himself, to withdraw…

feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

uff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. Tennyson.

The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy. All power of fancy overreason is a degree of insanity. Johnson. Without grace The heart's insanity admits no cure. Cowper.

outhwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.

Affected by lunacy; insane; mad. Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic. Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15).

Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. Shak.

A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.

Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania. Mania a potu Etym: [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens.

great mind to see the new tragedy with me." Addison. -- To lose one's mind, to become insane, or imbecile. -- To make up one's mind, to come to an opinion or decision; to determine. -- To put in mind, to remind. "Regard us simply as putting you in mind of what you already know to be good policy." Jowett (Thucyd. ).…

uality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane. Likewise must the deacons be grave. 1 Tim. iii. 8. Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without. 1 Tim. iii. 7.

Of. [Obs.] "Be not jealous on me." Shak. Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner Shak.

An aqueous medicine, containing little, if any, medicinal agent; a tea or tisane.

An insane disposition to incendiarism.

shaft. Rocker arm (Mach.), an arm borne by a rock shaft. To be off one's rocker, to be insane.