rase

Definition

To be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.

Etymology

From Late Middle English rasen, rasyn (“to rage; to enrage (?)”), probably from Middle Dutch râsen, râzen (“to be extremely angry, rage; to be mad, rave; to talk nonsense; of a dog: to be rabid”), from Old Dutch *rāson (modern Dutch razen), from Proto-West Germanic *rāsōn (“to rush”), Proto-Germanic *rēsōną (“to rush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (“to flow; to rush”). cognates * Swedish rasa (“rage”)

Example Sentences

• "[T]he ſtones did ſeem / Too roare and bellow hoarce: and doggs too howle and raze extréeme: […]"
• "So up & down that critic rased / & back & foorth he foyned & trased / & monstrous strookes deliverd; […]"