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How to pronounce ague in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chills and fever
Type of symptom
Has types quartan
Type Words
Synonyms acute, acute accent
Type of accent, accent mark
Type Words
Type of unwellness, sickness, illness, malady

Examples of ague

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Febrile is from the Latin word febris, meaning fever, and archaically known as ague.
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That autumn the entire family fell ill with the ague but all survived.
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And what was a bit of fen ague to toughened Benedictine monks?
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So I ague in a new column for the Financial Times.
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I have a numerous amount of strong opinions and I wouldn't be afraid to ague with you until you see my point.
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Bard 2What ague besets thee, sire?
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To accomplish the goal, Wengronowitz endured extreme cold, extreme heat, extreme hills, the ague of the flu and the ache of his knees.
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He will argue to the point of exhausting me and then demand to confront me in person to ague more, not letting me sleep or be alone.
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Ague and marsh fever assailed him.
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More examples
  • A fit of shivering or shaking
  • Successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
  • Acute accent: a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
  • (Agues) Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by a eukaryotic protist of the genus Plasmodium. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas (22 countries), Asia, and Africa. ...
  • 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; A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold; A former name for malaria; To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit
  • Alternate spelling for "agbe" (see above).
  • Fever, or other recurrent symptom resulting from malaria also known as a chill. It was a common synonym for intermittent fever.
  • A malarial fever with chills and sweating occuring at regular intervals. A fit of shivering, chill
  • Any intermittent fever characterised by periods of chills, fevers and sweats. Most commonly identified as malaria.