rage

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Raged p. pr. & vb. n. Raging ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted
Even to falling. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Do not go gentle into that good night. Dylan Thomas. [ PJC ]

2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why do the heathen rage? Ps. ii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

The madding wheels
Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To storm; fret; chafe; fume. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enrage. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of rage; expressing rage. [ Obs. ] “Rageful eyes.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]