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Derange v. t. (past & past part. deranged; pres. part. deranging)

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.

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."

To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.

Synonyms: To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.

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Etymology of 'Derange'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Derange" Quotes from Famous Books

... explained! Proofs were not ready when they were promised, the press was stopped, and both author and publisher required all the tender regard they really had for each other and all the patience they possessed to keep in tune. She says, "I am sorry to trouble you or derange your affairs, but one can't always tell in driving such horses as we drive where they are going ...

— Authors and Friends • Annie Fields

... remarked Madame de Vaux, "I will not derange any of their Moslem saints, thank you. I have more influential ones of my own, who might be annoyed. And it is stuffy in this tomb. I am sure it is full of microbes. Let us go and see the ruined palace of the Black Sultan ...

— The Golden Silence • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

Words linked to "Derange" : perturb, throw out of kilter, disorder, craze, unbalance, disarray, derangement, madden