ague
noun
a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
agues
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pluralof ague.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Political analyst Mr Lawal said the president should appoint the best person for the job, irrespective of their ethnic origin – and agues that this is what Tinubu is doing.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
In 1763, an English clergyman, Edward Stone, found that willow tea eased the agues of malaria.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today, winter as well as summer, he bathes his feet in cold water every morning, a regimen he credits with making him impervious to colds and agues.
From Time Magazine Archive
This meagre diet was probably the cause of the agues which were once very common, especially in the country districts.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
The lungs, under these circumstances, do not play so freely, nor does the blood circulate so well; thus obstructions are frequently occasioned in the smaller vessels, from which arise colds, asthmas, agues, fevers, &c.
From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Thomas P. Jones
