Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To make (someone) demented; to drive mad.

  2. (intransitive)To show signs of dementia; to develop dementia.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Tom is demented.

    Том розумово відсталий.

    deTom ist verrückt.

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  2. I'm not demented.

    Я не розумово відсталий.

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  3. Tom looks demented.

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  4. I think that Tom is demented.

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  5. Mary is becoming demented.

    deMaria wird dement.

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French dement, from Latin demens; verb from Vulgar Latin dementare (“

Borrowed from Middle French dement, from Latin demens; verb from Vulgar Latin dementare (“to deceive; to drive mad”), also from Latin dēmēns (“demented, mad”).

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Forms

dements, dementing, demented, demented
Base formdement · to dement
3rd person singulardements
Present participledementing
Past simpledemented
Past participledemented

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydement
he, she, itdements

Past simpleLesson

all personsdemented

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave demented
he, she, ithas demented

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dement

Word family

2 related words
Relateddementation
Deriveddementor

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
demeandemeanordemeanourdementiademigoddemiseC1
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