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ague
[ey-gyoo]
noun
Pathology.a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
a fit of fever or shivering or shaking chills, accompanied by malaise, pains in the bones and joints, etc.; chill.
ague
/ ˈɪɡː /
noun
a fever with successive stages of fever and chills esp when caused by malaria
a fit of shivering
Other 51Թ Forms
- aguelike adjective
- ˈܾ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ague1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ague1
Example Sentences
Added to that, they ague their aircraft are quiet and emissions-free.
Though the state agues it’s OK under the Treasury’s flexible rules, the lawsuit contends it’s a “a gross and illegal misuse” of pandemic relief funds.
The next major Northwest epidemic to appear was “fever and ague,” recurring each summer during the 1830s in “interior valleys” west of the Cascades, from the Cowlitz to the Rogue rivers.
“I think you have got the ague,” said I.
It frightened and amazed me somewhat; and as for Arthur, he fell a-trembling, and finally was shaken with doubt as with an ague.
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