ague

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) An acute fever.
  2. Noun.  (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
  3. Noun.  The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, ''fever and ague.''.
  4. Noun.  A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
  5. Noun.  A former name for malaria.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

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