ague

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

agues

1.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An acute fever.
2.
(countable, uncountable)(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
3.
(countable, uncountable)The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever.
fever and ague
4.
(countable, uncountable)A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
November 23, 1698, John Dryden, letter to Mrs Stewart I ’scap’d with one cold fit of an ague
5.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Malaria.

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verb

V_es/s

agues

V_ing/Gerund

aguing

V_ed/pp

agued

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

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From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French - (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from - (febris) acuta (acute fever), from Latin acūtus (sharp, acute) + febris (fever).