Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RAGE, v.i.

1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. At this he inly rag'd. – Milton.
2. To be violent and tumultuous. Why do the heathen rage? – Ps. ii.
3. To be violently driven or agitated; as, the raging sea or winds.
4. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with fatal effect; as, the plague rages in Cairo.
5. To be driven with impetuosity; to act or move furiously. The chariots shall rage in the streets. – Nah. ii. The madding wheels of brazen chariots rag'd. – Milton.
6. To toy wantonly; to sport. [Not in use.] – Gower.