ə̇nˈrāj, en- verb
Etymology: Middle French enrager to become mad, from Old French enragier, from en- en- (I) + rage — more at rage
transitive verb
1. obsolete
a. : to make (as the sea) violent : cause (as a disease) to become more virulent : exacerbate
b. : to cause to become fevered or swollen : produce heat in (as a lesion)
2. : to cause to become furious : fill with rage : madden
the child's teasing enraged the animal
sometimes : to make angry : exasperate : seriously annoy
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to become distracted or maddened (as by pain or distress)
2.
a. archaic : to become furiously angry
b. obsolete : to become intense (as of plague, famine, or tyranny) : rage