[craze] vb crazed ; craz.ing [ME crasen to crush, craze, of Scand origin; akin to OSw krasa to crush] vt (14c) 1 obs: break, shatter
2: to produce minute cracks on the surface or glaze of
3: to make insane or as if insane "crazed by pain and fear" ~ vi 1 archaic: shatter, break
2: to become insane
3: to develop a mesh of fine cracks
[2]craze n (1813) 1: an exaggerated and often transient enthusiasm: mania
2: a crack in a surface or coating (as of glaze or enamel) syn see fashion