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  1. noun A febrile condition in which there are alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating. Used chiefly in reference to the fevers associated with malaria.
  2. noun A chill or fit of shivering.

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  • I went to visit some people at Kensington: Ophy Butler's wife [9] there lies very ill of an ague, which is a very common disease here, and little known in Ireland. —  The Journal to Stella
  • At two o'clock the following morning he was seized with a severe ague, and as soon as the house was stirring he sent for an overseer and ordered the man to bleed him, and about half a pint of blood was taken from him. —  The True George Washington
  • "Jus 'that when I see nigger ladies, an' their wearin 'veils, _an'_ shiverin' like they had the ague -- well, I get curious." —  Flash For Freedom
  • Remember, too, that we've come here to discover what became of Kael Elessedil's expedition and the Elfstones he car - ried with him. " —  Ilse Witch
  • "Now." —  The Hard War
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French (fievre) ague, sharp (fever), from Medieval Latin (febris) acūta, from Latin, feminine of acūtus; see acute.

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  1. from Middle English agu, ague, from Old French agu, feminine ague (French aigu, fem, aigue), = Provencal agut, feminine aguda, sharp, acute, from Latin acutus, fem, acuta, acute, sharp, violent, severe; febris acuta, a violent fever: see acute.
  2. from ague, n.
 

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