DEMENT
\dɪmˈɛnt], \dɪmˈɛnt], \d_ɪ_m_ˈɛ_n_t]\
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By Noah Webster.
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de-ment', v.t. to drive crazy, render insane.--adj. insane, demented.--n. a demented person.--v.t. DEMENT'[=A]TE, to dement.--p.adj. DEMENT'ED, out of one's mind: insane: suffering from dementia. [L. demens, dementis, out of one's mind--de, from, and mens, the mind.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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