dēmento, āre, 1, v. a. and n. [demens].
I Act., to drive mad, to craze, deprive of mind : dementatus, Cassiod. Amic. 21: ἐξιστάναι ἰδιωτικῶς, Gloss. Graec. Lat.; esp. to bewitch, delude : propter quod magiis suis dementasset eos, Vulg. Act. 8, 11.—
II Neut., to rave, be out of one's mind : semper dementabat, Lact. Mort. Pers. 7, 9.