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Pronunciation : A"gue
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. agu, ague, OF. agu, F. aigu, sharp, OF. fem. ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L. acutus sharp. See Acute.]
Definition : 1. An acute fever. [Obs.] "Brenning agues." P. Plowman.

2. (Med.)

Defn: 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.]


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : A"gue
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agued.]
Definition : Defn: To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. Heywood.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913