The Collaborative International Dictionary
Derange \De*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Deranging.] [F. d['e]ranger; pref. d['e]- = d['e]s- (L. dis) + ranger to range. See Range, and cf. Disarrange, Disrank.]
To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.
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To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.
A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts.
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To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.
Syn: To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of derange English)
Usage examples of "deranging".
The palm wine that we had been drinking notoriously heats the flesh while deranging the senses.
Scrutiny of the citadel, however, may offer us some crucial advantage when we come to face the deranging effects of Treet Hoown.
Makes a fellow realize that he could take a day off now and then without deranging the solar system a great deal.
Weston came as an expected guest, welcome at all times, and never deranging the economy of our household affairs.
It had no effect whatever on any material structure and could be used inside an activated conveyer without deranging the conductor-mesh, as, say, a bullet or the vibration of an ultra-sonic paralyzer would do, and it was instantly fatal to anything having a central nervous system.