Definition of ague in English:

ague

noun ˈeɪɡjuːˈeɪˌɡju

mass nounarchaic

1Malaria or another illness involving fever and shivering.
〈古〉疟疾，寒热病
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘We have just moved our camp out of the cypress swamp where the men were fast succumbing to the malaria ague and fevers at an astonishing rate,’ recorded Capt. Henry Ankey, 4th Iowa Infantry.
- There was plague, too, ague (probably a malarial infection), and various fevers.
- Sydenham also advocated that specific remedies could be applied to each such disease, his favourite example being the prescription of Peruvian bark for intermittent fever or ague.
- A list of patients admitted during the hospital's first years shows that reasons for admission included hysterick disorders, bloody flux, tertian ague, and melancholy.
- Although he used the term ague, true malaria cannot necessarily be inferred because ague included any number of short-lived illnesses with chills and fever.
1. 1.1count noun A fever or shivering fit.
  发烧；寒战
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was elected MP for Hull in 1659 but, despite being moderately active in Parliament, was ineffective in the country party, though he continued to watch his constituents' interests until death from inappropriate treatment for an ague.
  They were carried off by malaria, cholera, typhus, heat stroke, agues and tropical distempers, and drink, lots of drink.
  He is more self-indulgent about his agues, fevers, constipation, and other ills, and goes into detail about the remedies for same.
  It is good in all agues, for which it is given in decoction, or infusion, in water, ale, wine, or in the juice only; but its infusion in wine or ale (if disease will allow of malt liquors) is an easy, and as good a preparation as any.
  The first three years of George II's reign, which began in 1727, were afflicted by successive waves of smallpox and influenza-like infections, imprecisely and variously described by contemporaries as agues and fevers.

Derivatives

agued

adjective ˈeɪɡjuːdˈeɪˌɡjud

archaic

Of course, while the laws of nature remain as they are, you can no more promise future immunity to convalescents with an agued frame who remain in malarious regions, than you can promise the anxious sailor that future winds will not again create waves.
Example sentencesExamples
- The heat got up to a punishing 87 today, but my medication got me through that by lowering my body temp until I shivered under my quilt in an agued state.
- Your enemy will on the instant feel a certain inexpressible and cutting anguish of the heart, together with an agued chilliness and failure throughout the body.

aguish

adjective

archaic

"I heard to my surprise the other day from Swan, whose son, it seems, was doing some work at Melcombe this spring (making a greenhouse, I think), that Mrs. Melcombe wintered at Mentone, partly on her boy's account, for he had a feverish or aguish illness at Venice, and she was advised not to bring him to England."
Example sentencesExamples
- At Wesel, in the rear of all this travelling and excitement, Friedrich falls unwell; breaks down there into an aguish feverish distemper, which, for several months after, impeded his movements, would he have yielded to it.
- The seaboard of Capernaum in which Peter dwelt is said by travelers to be a peculiarly damp, marshy, aguish, feverish place.
- Yesterday we were alarmed with the Queens being ill: she had an aguish and feverish fit; and you never saw such countenances as we all had, such dismal melancholy.
- I am now at Wilbye & am in great distresse through feare of beinge sick for I feele myselfe very aguish & feverish & know not what.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin acuta (febris) 'acute (fever)'.

Definition of ague in US English:

ague

nounˈeɪˌɡjuˈāˌɡyo͞o

archaic

1Malaria or some other illness involving fever and shivering.
〈古〉疟疾，寒热病
Example sentencesExamples
- Sydenham also advocated that specific remedies could be applied to each such disease, his favourite example being the prescription of Peruvian bark for intermittent fever or ague.
- ‘We have just moved our camp out of the cypress swamp where the men were fast succumbing to the malaria ague and fevers at an astonishing rate,’ recorded Capt. Henry Ankey, 4th Iowa Infantry.
- There was plague, too, ague (probably a malarial infection), and various fevers.
- Although he used the term ague, true malaria cannot necessarily be inferred because ague included any number of short-lived illnesses with chills and fever.
- A list of patients admitted during the hospital's first years shows that reasons for admission included hysterick disorders, bloody flux, tertian ague, and melancholy.
1. 1.1 A fever or shivering fit.
  发烧；寒战
  Example sentencesExamples
  They were carried off by malaria, cholera, typhus, heat stroke, agues and tropical distempers, and drink, lots of drink.
  He was elected MP for Hull in 1659 but, despite being moderately active in Parliament, was ineffective in the country party, though he continued to watch his constituents' interests until death from inappropriate treatment for an ague.
  The first three years of George II's reign, which began in 1727, were afflicted by successive waves of smallpox and influenza-like infections, imprecisely and variously described by contemporaries as agues and fevers.
  He is more self-indulgent about his agues, fevers, constipation, and other ills, and goes into detail about the remedies for same.
  It is good in all agues, for which it is given in decoction, or infusion, in water, ale, wine, or in the juice only; but its infusion in wine or ale (if disease will allow of malt liquors) is an easy, and as good a preparation as any.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin acuta (febris) ‘acute (fever)’.

单词	ague
释义	Definition of ague in English: ague noun ˈeɪɡjuːˈeɪˌɡju mass nounarchaic 1Malaria or another illness involving fever and shivering. 〈古〉疟疾，寒热病 Example sentencesExamples ‘We have just moved our camp out of the cypress swamp where the men were fast succumbing to the malaria ague and fevers at an astonishing rate,’ recorded Capt. Henry Ankey, 4th Iowa Infantry. There was plague, too, ague (probably a malarial infection), and various fevers. Sydenham also advocated that specific remedies could be applied to each such disease, his favourite example being the prescription of Peruvian bark for intermittent fever or ague. A list of patients admitted during the hospital's first years shows that reasons for admission included hysterick disorders, bloody flux, tertian ague, and melancholy. Although he used the term ague, true malaria cannot necessarily be inferred because ague included any number of short-lived illnesses with chills and fever. 1.1count noun A fever or shivering fit. 发烧；寒战 Example sentencesExamples He was elected MP for Hull in 1659 but, despite being moderately active in Parliament, was ineffective in the country party, though he continued to watch his constituents' interests until death from inappropriate treatment for an ague. They were carried off by malaria, cholera, typhus, heat stroke, agues and tropical distempers, and drink, lots of drink. He is more self-indulgent about his agues, fevers, constipation, and other ills, and goes into detail about the remedies for same. It is good in all agues, for which it is given in decoction, or infusion, in water, ale, wine, or in the juice only; but its infusion in wine or ale (if disease will allow of malt liquors) is an easy, and as good a preparation as any. The first three years of George II's reign, which began in 1727, were afflicted by successive waves of smallpox and influenza-like infections, imprecisely and variously described by contemporaries as agues and fevers. Derivatives agued adjective ˈeɪɡjuːdˈeɪˌɡjud archaic Of course, while the laws of nature remain as they are, you can no more promise future immunity to convalescents with an agued frame who remain in malarious regions, than you can promise the anxious sailor that future winds will not again create waves. Example sentencesExamples The heat got up to a punishing 87 today, but my medication got me through that by lowering my body temp until I shivered under my quilt in an agued state. Your enemy will on the instant feel a certain inexpressible and cutting anguish of the heart, together with an agued chilliness and failure throughout the body. aguish adjective archaic "I heard to my surprise the other day from Swan, whose son, it seems, was doing some work at Melcombe this spring (making a greenhouse, I think), that Mrs. Melcombe wintered at Mentone, partly on her boy's account, for he had a feverish or aguish illness at Venice, and she was advised not to bring him to England." Example sentencesExamples At Wesel, in the rear of all this travelling and excitement, Friedrich falls unwell; breaks down there into an aguish feverish distemper, which, for several months after, impeded his movements, would he have yielded to it. The seaboard of Capernaum in which Peter dwelt is said by travelers to be a peculiarly damp, marshy, aguish, feverish place. Yesterday we were alarmed with the Queens being ill: she had an aguish and feverish fit; and you never saw such countenances as we all had, such dismal melancholy. I am now at Wilbye & am in great distresse through feare of beinge sick for I feele myselfe very aguish & feverish & know not what. Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin acuta (febris) 'acute (fever)'. Definition of ague in US English: ague nounˈeɪˌɡjuˈāˌɡyo͞o archaic 1Malaria or some other illness involving fever and shivering. 〈古〉疟疾，寒热病 Example sentencesExamples Sydenham also advocated that specific remedies could be applied to each such disease, his favourite example being the prescription of Peruvian bark for intermittent fever or ague. ‘We have just moved our camp out of the cypress swamp where the men were fast succumbing to the malaria ague and fevers at an astonishing rate,’ recorded Capt. Henry Ankey, 4th Iowa Infantry. There was plague, too, ague (probably a malarial infection), and various fevers. Although he used the term ague, true malaria cannot necessarily be inferred because ague included any number of short-lived illnesses with chills and fever. A list of patients admitted during the hospital's first years shows that reasons for admission included hysterick disorders, bloody flux, tertian ague, and melancholy. 1.1 A fever or shivering fit. 发烧；寒战 Example sentencesExamples They were carried off by malaria, cholera, typhus, heat stroke, agues and tropical distempers, and drink, lots of drink. He was elected MP for Hull in 1659 but, despite being moderately active in Parliament, was ineffective in the country party, though he continued to watch his constituents' interests until death from inappropriate treatment for an ague. The first three years of George II's reign, which began in 1727, were afflicted by successive waves of smallpox and influenza-like infections, imprecisely and variously described by contemporaries as agues and fevers. He is more self-indulgent about his agues, fevers, constipation, and other ills, and goes into detail about the remedies for same. It is good in all agues, for which it is given in decoction, or infusion, in water, ale, wine, or in the juice only; but its infusion in wine or ale (if disease will allow of malt liquors) is an easy, and as good a preparation as any. Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin acuta (febris) ‘acute (fever)’.
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