Definition of ague Ague
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We found 17 definitions of ague from 6 different sources.
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What does ague mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: agues |
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| ague - successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria | ||
| chills and fever | ||
| symptom anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence | ||
| malaria an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever | ||
| ague - a fit of shivering or shaking | ||
| ague - a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | ||
| acute accent, acute | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ague (Noun)
An acute fever. - ague (Noun)
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)
Malaria. - ague (Verb)
To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ague (n.)
An acute fever. - ague (n.)
An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. - ague (n.)
The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague. - ague (n.)
A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. - ague (v. t.)
To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ague
ā′gū, n. a fever coming in periodical fits, accompanied with shivering: chilliness: quaking.—adj. A′gued, struck with ague: shivering: cold; A′guish. [O. Fr. aigue (Fr. aigu, sharp)—L. acutus. See Acute.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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ague
An ague in the spring, Is physic for a king.
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🔤- ague, noun, singular of agues.
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