Rage (rj), n. [F., fr. L. rabies, fr. rabere to rave; cf. Skr. rabh to
seize, rabhas violence. Cf. Rabid, Rabies, Rave.] 1. Violent
excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or
suffering, mastering the will. "In great rage of pain." Bacon.
He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.
Macaulay.
Convulsed with a rage of grief.
Hawthorne.
2. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath;
violent anger; fury.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
Milton.