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acraze

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
acraze
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To weaken, impair, or enfeeble in mind, body, or estate; craze.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From French acraser (“to break, burst, craze, bruise, crush”), same as écraser (“to squash”), from Middle French ecraser (“to squash”), from Middle English crasen (“to break, shatter”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”). More at craze.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: acraser, ecraser, crasen, *krasa

Usage

Inflected Forms

acrazes (present, singular) acrazing (participle, present) acrazed (participle, past) acrazed (past) acrase (alternative)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does acraze mean?
To weaken, impair, or enfeeble in mind, body, or estate; craze.
Where does acraze come from?
It is traced to French.

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