Definition of "ague" in English

noun

1. (obsolete) An acute fever.

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

3. The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever.

   • fever and ague

4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.

   • November 23, 1698, John Dryden, letter to Mrs Stewart I ’scap’d with one cold fit of an ague

5. (obsolete) Malaria.

verb

1. (transitive) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

noun

1. feather

2. fur