01 n. An acute fever.
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1.
An acute fever.[Obs.]
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2.
A fever characterized by paroxysms of high fever and shaking chills.(Med.)
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3.
The cold fit or rigor of malaria or any other intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
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4.
A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
Phrases & compounds
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.
Ague spell —
a spell or charm against ague.
Ague tree —
the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague.