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ague

[ey-gyoo] / ˈeɪ gju /
NOUN
shivering
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Added to that, they ague their aircraft are quiet and emissions-free.

From BBC Dec. 22, 2022

A century and a half later, malaria — or ague, as it was called — was rampant in the United States, especially on the frontier.

From Washington Post Apr. 22, 2020

So while Shakespeare had his "canker in the bud", voguish words such as palsy, purge, apoplexy, ague and balm were used by Donne repeatedly to make his work sound cutting-edge.

From The Guardian Nov. 24, 2012

This too shall pass, when the final games ends; and World Cup fever will again abate into soccer ague.

From Time Jul. 10, 2010

The week after Hickey’s hanging, Becky suffered a mild attack of the ague that had befallen so many soldiers.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

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

In 1763, an English clergyman, Edward Stone, found that willow tea eased the agues of malaria.

From Time Magazine Archive

This happens from a similar cause in cold fits of agues; and in less degree to many debilitated constitutions, whose extremities are generally cold and pale.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

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 Scott, Daniel




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