The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rage \Rage\ (r[=a]j), n. [F., fr. L. rabies, fr. rabere to rave;
   cf. Skr. rabh to seize, rabhas violence. Cf. Rabid,
   Rabies, Rave.]
   1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of
      desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. "In
      great rage of pain." --Bacon.
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            He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of
            broken meat.                          --Macaulay.
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            Convulsed with a rage of grief.       --Hawthorne.
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   2. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering
      wrath; violent anger; fury.
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            torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   4. The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after,
      or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as,
      to be all the rage.
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   Syn: Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See
        Anger.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rage \Rage\, v. t.
   To enrage. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rage \Rage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raged (r[=a]jd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Raging (r[=a]"j[i^]ng).] [OF. ragier. See Rage, n.]
   1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be
      violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged."
      --Milton.
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            When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted
            Even to falling.                      --Shak.
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            Rage, rage against the dying of the light
            Do not go gentle into that good night. --Dylan
                                                  Thomas.
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   2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or
      agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or
      winds.
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            Why do the heathen rage?              --Ps. ii. 1.
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            The madding wheels
            Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with
      destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in
      Cairo.
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   4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rage
    n 1: a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman
         scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: fury,
         rage, madness]
    2: a state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused
       to answer"
    3: something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame
       destroyed him" [syn: rage, passion]
    4: violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in
       thundering rage against the rocks"
    5: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always
       follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
       [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage]
    v 1: behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn:
         ramp, rage, storm]
    2: be violent; as of fires and storms
    3: feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"