Ague

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A febrile condition in which there are alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating. Used chiefly in reference to the fevers associated with malaria.
  • n. A chill or fit of shivering.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An acute fever.
  • n. An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
  • n. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
  • n. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
  • n. Malaria.
  • v. To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An acute fever.
  • n. An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
  • n. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever.
  • n. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
  • v. To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An acute or violent fever.
  • n. Intermittent fever; a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, each in well-developed forms, consisting of three stages marked by successive fits, cold or shivering (the chill), hot or burning, and sweating; chills and fever.
  • n. Chilliness; a chill not resulting from disease.
  • To cause a shivering in; strike with a cold fit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
  • n. a fit of shivering or shaking
  • n. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    malady    unwellness    illness    sickness    accent mark    accent   
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    toothache    jaundice    epilepsy    pox    dysentery    rheumatism    bronchitis    typhoid    malaria    diarrhoea