- sane or insane
- sain d'esprit ou non (BD, 2e)
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sane or insane clause — A clause in a life insurance policy extending the exception of suicide to intentional self destruction by an insane as well as by a sane person, regardless of the moral or criminal quality of the act. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1147 … Ballentine's law dictionary
suicide, sane or insane — See sane or insane clause … Ballentine's law dictionary
SANE — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index sane noun sanity adjective sane (2) insane noun insanity adjective insane verb derange … English dictionary for students
insane — adjective 1) she was declared insane Syn: mentally ill, mentally disordered, of unsound mind, certifiable; psychotic, schizophrenic; mad, deranged, demented, out of one s mind, non compos mentis, unhinged, unbalanced, unstable, disturbed, crazed; … Thesaurus of popular words
Insane — In*sane , a. [L. insanus. See {In } not, and {Sane}.] 1. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See {Insanity}, 2. [1913 Webster] 2. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sane — [seın] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: sanus healthy, sane ] 1.) able to think in a normal and reasonable way ≠ ↑insane, mentally ill →↑sanity ▪ He seems perfectly sane (=completely sane) to me. ▪ No sane person would want to kill a baby … Dictionary of contemporary English
sane — [ seın ] adjective 1. ) someone who is sane is able to think and speak in a reasonable way and to behave normally: The jury decided that Malich was sane when he opened fire. ─ opposite INSANE 2. ) a sane action or decision is a sensible one that… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
insane — insane, mad, crazy, crazed, demented, deranged, lunatic, maniac, non compos mentis are comparable in their general or nontechnical senses (for senses of corresponding nouns used technically see INSANITY) and as meaning afflicted by or manifesting … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sane — adj: mentally sound; specif: able to understand one s actions and distinguish right from wrong Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. sane I … Law dictionary
insane — (adj.) 1550s, from L. insanus mad, insane; outrageous, excessive, extravagant, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + sanus well, healthy, sane. Originally only of persons; of actions, from 1842. Cf. LUNATIC (Cf. lunatic); and It. pazzo insane,… … Etymology dictionary
insane — [in sān′] adj. [L insanus] 1. not sane; mentally ill or deranged; demented; mad: not a technical term: see INSANITY ☆ 2. of or for insane people [an insane asylum] 3. very foolish, impractical, extravagant, etc.; senseless insanely adv … English World dictionary
