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Speech parts

1. ague - Noun

2. ague - Verb

Meaning

An acute fever.

An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.

To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

acute acute accent chills and fever frost black death thrush disease glaciation necrosis plasmodium malarial ringworm erysipelas rubella rheum

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Antonyms

health treatment medicine therapy confidence cure

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Hypernyms

illness accent sickness malady symptom unwellness

Hyponyms

quartan

Phrases with the word

brow ague fever and ague root ague spleen barnwell ague kentish ague

Derivatives

agued

Examples

The term malaria originates from Medieval Italian mala aria main—" bad air " the disease was formerly called ague or marsh fever due to its association with swamps and marshland. citation The term first appeared in the English literature about 1829. Source: Internet

"At this hour my ague comes upon me. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

aguayo Agudelo agudization ague grass ague root ague spleen