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verb

Rage v. t. To enrage. (Obs.)

Rage v. i. (past & past part. raged; pres. part. raging)

To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." "When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted Even to falling." "Rage, rage against the dying of the light Do not go gentle into that good night."

To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. "Why do the heathen rage?" "The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise."

To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.

To toy or act wantonly; to sport. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.

Raging v. A. & n. from Rage, v. i.

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— The Mystic Will • Charles Godfrey Leland

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— The Ramayana • VALMIKI

... last; the rush of the white water knocked me to my knees, and I floundered and would have measured my length except for my hands on the fixed rope. Buck Kendricks grabbed at me, letting go the rope to do it, and I swore at him, raging, while we got on our feet again and braced ourselves against the onrushing current. While we struggled in the pounding waters, I admitted to myself; we could never have crossed without the rope Kyla had risked her ...

— The Planet Savers • Marion Zimmer Bradley

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... Could the future have opened before his wish never so little, how soon would his restless, raging emotions have become ...

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