madden

1. (transitive) To make angry.transitive

2. (transitive) To make insane; to inflame with passion.transitive

3. (intransitive, obsolete) To become furious.Examples: "The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened, his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns."; "And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!""intransitiveobsolete