ague Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a fit of shivering or shaking
  2. noun successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
    chills and fever.
  3. noun a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    acute; acute accent.

WordNet

A"gue noun
Etymology
OE. agu, ague, OF. agu, F. aigu, sharp, OF. fem. ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L. acutus sharp. See Acute.
Definitions
  1. An acute fever. Obs. "Brenning agues." P. Plowman.
  2. (Med.) 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. Dryden.
A"gue transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Agued
Definitions
  1. To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. Heywood.

Webster 1913