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Insane


INSA'NE, adjective [Latin insanus; in and sanus, sound.]

1. Unsound in mind or intellect; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. [In this sense of making mad, it is Little Used.]

2. Used by or appropriated to insane persons; as an insane hospital.

INSA'NE, noun An insane person; as a hospital for the insane