deliriate

English

Etymology

From delirium +‎ -ate. Compare delirate and delire.

Verb

deliriate (third-person singular simple present deliriates, present participle deliriating, simple past and past participle deliriated)

  1. (intransitive) To act, speak, or reason in a manner considered insane, deluded, or absurd; to be affected by delirium. [from 1650s]
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To make (a person) delirious; to confound (a person's mind). [from after 1711]

References

Italian

Verb

deliriate

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of delirare

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