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en⋅rage

  [en-reyj]
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–verb (used with object), -raged, -rag⋅ing.
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate: His supercilious attitude enraged me.
Origin:
1490–1500; < MF enrager. See en- 1 , rage

Related forms:
en⋅rag⋅ed⋅ly  [en-rey-jid-lee, -reyjd-] , adverb
en⋅rage⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
anger, inflame, madden. Enrage, incense, infuriate imply stirring to violent anger. To enrage or to infuriate is to provoke wrath: They enrage (infuriate) him by their deliberate and continual injustice. To incense is to inflame with indignation or anger: to incense a person by making insulting remarks.

Antonyms:
appease, pacify.
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en·rage   (ěn-rāj')   
tr.v.   en·raged, en·rag·ing, en·rag·es
To put into a rage; infuriate.

[Middle English *enragen, from Old French enrager : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + rage, rage; see rage.]
en·rage'ment n.
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Word Origin & History

enrage 
1398 (implied in enraged), from O.Fr. enrager, from en- "make, put in" + rage "rabies, rage" (see rage).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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