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Synonyms for derange


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-reynj
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈreɪndʒ

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Définition of derange

Origin :
  • 1776, "throw into confusion," from French déranger, from Old French desrengier "disarrange, throw into disorder," from des- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + Old French rengier (Modern French ranger) "to put into line," from reng "line, row," from a Germanic source (see rank (n.)). Mental sense first recorded c.1790.
  • verb make crazy; confuse
Example sentences :
  • Equilibrium is the Universal, or that which has nothing external to derange it.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • This does not derange the numbers, since the order of succession is observed.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • Any food or medicine that will confine or derange the bowels is to be forbidden.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • It was in gasps that he muttered, "Bon jour; excuse me if I derange you."
  • Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Egad, I've got something to derange the best digestion going!
  • Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith
  • That his pulse is racing does not derange his line of sight, if he has will power.
  • Extract from : « Battle Studies » by Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq
  • I caught her mind before the shock of your change could derange it and—conditioned her.
  • Extract from : « Assignment's End » by Roger Dee
  • It has been asked, in what way do you suppose that the affections of a mother should operate to derange the members of the ftus?
  • Extract from : « A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 6 (of 10) » by Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
  • Unforeseen accidents may derange our most profound schemes of policy.
  • Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • It even went so far as to derange all my habits, and to break in, among the rest, upon my opium taking.
  • Extract from : « Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders » by William A. Alcott

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