Definition for IN-SANE'

IN-SANE', a. [L. insanus; in and sanus, sound.]

  1. Unsound in mind or intellect; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. Shak. [In the sense of making mad, it is little used.]
  2. Used by or appropriated to insane persons; as, an insane hospital.

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