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Definition of Ague

1. Noun. A fit of shivering or shaking.

2. Noun. Successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria.

3. Noun. A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation.

Definition of Ague

1. n. An acute fever.

2. v. t. To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

Definition of Ague

1. Noun. (obsolete) An acute fever. ¹

2. Noun. (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. ¹

3. Noun. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, ''fever and ague.'' ¹

4. Noun. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. ¹

5. Noun. A former name for malaria. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ague

1. a malarial fever [n -S] : AGUELIKE, AGUISH [adj], AGUISHLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Ague

1. 1. An acute fever. "Brenning agues." 2. An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. 3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague. 4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. Ague cake, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague. Ague drop, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague. Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay. Ague tree, the sassafras, sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. Origin: OE. Agu, ague, OF. Agu, F. Aigu, sharp, OF. Fem. Ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L. Acutus sharp. See Acute. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ague

agryzed agryzes agryzing agrèmens ags agua agua de jamaica agua de jamaicas agua fresca agua frescas

agua toad aguacate aguacates aguardiente aguardientes ague (current term) ague root ague weed agued aguelike

agues agueweed agueweeds aguilarite aguilla aguillas aguinaldo aguinaldos aguing

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