Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause (a person) to become mentally deranged.
- transitive verb To cause (a person) to lose intellectual capacity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Out of one's mind; insane; demented.
- noun A demented person; one affected by loss of mental capacity.
- To bring into a state of dementia; destroy the mind of.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To deprive of reason; to make mad.
- adjective rare Demented; dementate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
insane ,demented - noun An
insane person, or one afflicted withdementia - verb transitive To
drive mad ; tocraze
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: bothwrong and dement have a fear.
Think Progress » Will Obama Recess-Appoint Former TSA Nominee Erroll Southers? 2010
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He's of the age for it, and people with personality disorders dement too.
Dr. Bane strikes again. Angry Professor 2008
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February 15, 2008 at 9:33 am i twied to poast anuther linkee to iris dement singin blessed assurance closer to wut i bleeve, akshully but it gets eeted. must be too controbershul.
No, I has not seen teh dog. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Personally, I have bladder fortitude and a fear of peeing in mobile places so I'm not really familiar with the dement ions of portable toilets, but being a trained observer I'm pretty sure they might need a bit more space.
10K update and two different views toward wheelchair users, me and my 10K competition Elizabeth McClung 2008
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February 16, 2008 at 4:34 am maybee u cud try posting linky again…i iz big iris dement fan
No, I has not seen teh dog. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The best saltpetre, an essential dement of gunpowder, came from India and he had never considered that there might be a shortage in France.
Sharpe's Havoc Cornwell, Bernard 2003
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Venator had walked the veldt among lions and Cape buffalo, scaled a glacier, shot rapids, disarmed more than one dement gone violent.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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"Or maybe a dement -" Horror wrenched out of Aleka.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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Venator had walked the veldt among lions and Cape buffalo, scaled a glacier, shot rapids, disarmed more than one dement gone violent.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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"Or maybe a dement -" Horror wrenched out of Aleka.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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