1. The act of deraigning. [Obs.]
2. The renunciation of religious or monastic vows. [Obs.] Blount.
DERAIL
De*rail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Derailing.]
Defn: To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive. Lardner.
DERAILMENT
De*rail"ment, n.
Defn: The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.
DERANGE
De*range", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Deranging.]
Etym: [F. déranger; pref. dé- = dés- (L. dis) + ranger to range. See
Range, and cf. Disarrange, Disrank.]
1. 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.
2. 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. Blair.
3. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.