Definitions for: Ague


[n] a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
[n] a fit of shivering
[n] successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria



Webster (1913) Definition: A"gue, n. [OE. agu, ague, OF. agu, F. aigu, sharp, OF.
fem. ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L.
acutus sharp. See Acute.]
1. An acute fever. [Obs.] ``Brenning agues.'' --P. Plowman.

2. (Med.) 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. --Dryden.

Ague cake, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague.


Ague drop, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for
ague.

Ague fit, a fit of the ague. --Shak.

Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. --Gay.

Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the
use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [Obs.]


A"gue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agued.]
To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. --Heywood.

Synonyms: acute, acute accent, chills and fever

See Also: accent, accent mark, illness, malady, malaria, sickness, symptom, unwellness

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