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Word: ague (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
  • A former name for malaria.
  • obsolete An acute fever.
  • pathology An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
  • The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, ''fever and ague.''

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Verb:

  • transitive To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

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