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de·ranged

   [dih-reynjd]
adjective
1.
insane.
2.
disordered; disarranged.
Origin:
1780–90; derange + -ed2

Related forms
un·de·ranged, adjective

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de·range

   [dih-reynj]
verb (used with object), -ranged, -rang·ing.
1.
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
2.
to disturb the condition, action, or function of.
3.
to make insane.
Origin:
1770–80; < French déranger, Old French desrengier, equivalent to des- dis-1 + rengier; see range

Related forms
de·range·a·ble, adjective
de·rang·er, noun
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derange
1776, from Fr. déranger, from O.Fr. desrengier "disarrange," from des- "do the opposite of" + reng "line, row" (see rank). Mental sense first recorded c.1790.
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deranged
c.1790, "insane;" of other things, "out of order," from 1796; pp. adj. from derange.
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