derange : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: derange	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for derange
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
derange v derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him" Synonym(s): unbalance, derange throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt" Synonym(s): perturb, derange, throw out of kilter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Derange \Derange"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deranged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deranging}.] [F. d[82]ranger; pref. d[82]- = d[82]s- (L. dis) + ranger to range. See {Range}, and cf. {Disarrange}, {Disrank}.] 1. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange* the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation. 2. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism. A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts. --Blair. 3. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane. Syn: To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.