Ague /(ā"gū̇)/

A·gue

Ague

n.
  1. An acute fever. [Obs.]
  2. A fever characterized by paroxysms of high fever and shaking chills. (Med.)
  3. The cold fit or rigor of malaria or any other intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
  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.

Ague

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Agued

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