Associations to the word «Ague»

Wiktionary

AGUE, noun. (obsolete) An acute fever.
AGUE, noun. (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
AGUE, noun. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
AGUE, noun. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
AGUE, noun. (obsolete) Malaria.
AGUE, verb. (transitive) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

Dictionary definition

AGUE, noun. A fit of shivering or shaking.
AGUE, noun. Successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria.
AGUE, noun. A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation.

Wise words

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