AGUE

ague

Noun

  1. An acute fever.
  2. An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
  3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
  4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
  5. Malaria.

Verb

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


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