4. The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or
prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the
rage.
Syn. -- Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See Anger.
Rage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raged (rjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Raging (r"jng).]
[OF. ragier. See Rage, n.]
1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently
agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." Milton.
When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted Even to falling.
Shak.
2. 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?
Ps. ii. 1.
The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise.
Milton.
3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or
fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.