Definizione monolingua

ague

ague (third-person singular simple present agues, present participle aguing, simple past and past participle agued)

1. (transitive) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

ague (plural agues)

1. (obsolete) An acute fever.
   • Brenning agues. —P. Plowman.
2. (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
5. A former name for malaria.

Definizione dizionario ague

febbre

Altri significati:

A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.

A former name for malaria.

(obsolete) An acute fever.

(transitive) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

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

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