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 Definitions of ague  [ˈeɪ gyu]  

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Definition of 'ague' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ague
chills, fever, and sweating associated with malaria.

2.  ague
any fever marked by shivering.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME < MF, short for fievre ague acute fever < L febris acūta)

Definition of 'ague' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ague
a fit of shivering or shaking

2. (noun) ague, chills and fever
successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria

3. (noun) acute accent, acute, ague
a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation


Definition of 'ague' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ague
an acute fever

2. (noun) ague
an intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits

3. (noun) ague
the cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague

4. (noun) ague
a chill, or state of shaking, as with cold

5. (verb) ague
to strike with an ague, or with a cold fit



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