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(obsolete) An acute fever. / (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. / The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever / A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.

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ague

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Source Word

ague

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈeɪ.ɡju/

Noun

countable obsolete uncountable

Japanese Meaning

急性熱（むかしは現行なかったり、病気の一症状として使われた呼称） / 間欠性発作熱（寒気と熱感を交互に繰り返す熱の発作） / 寒気や震え（間欠熱時のその症状を指す）

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The traveler was struck by an ague that left him trembling through the night.

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その旅人は急性の発熱に襲われ、一晩中震えていた。

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(obsolete) An acute fever.

Sense（2）

(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

He had to capture some character and get out of that rest room before his ague got so bad that the sergeant had to carry him to and from the booth every day.

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