When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even
to falling. --Shak.
2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or
agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or
winds.
Why do the heathen rage ? --Ps. ii. 1.
The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire
was the noise. --Milton.
3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with
destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in
Cairo.
4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.