rase
3 synonyms for rase, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.
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Etymology
Comes from Late Middle English rasen, rasyn, meaning “to rage; to enrage (?)”, probably from Middle Dutch râsen, râzen, meaning “to be extremely angry, rage; to be mad, rave; to talk nonsense; of a dog: to be rabid”; this developed from Old Dutch *rāson (modern Dutch razen), from Proto-West Germanic *rāsōn (“to rush”),...
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