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Meanings of ague in English
Portuguese
acento agudo Catalan
accent agut 
Portuguese
febre Synonyms
Examples for "acute"
Examples for "acute"
1
However, he rejected suggestions that the problem was particularly acute in Westmeath.
2
Main outcome measure: Two year survival after onset of acute lung injury.
3
He said water and sanitation needs remained acute for many affected villages.
4
Reuters reported last week that the problem is particularly acute in Belize.
5
North Korea battles acute food shortages even in years with good harvests.
1
I am not informed whether or not the acute accent is placed over the final e.
2
Transcriber's note: Nyársnóttin-they has an acute accent.
3
I don't mean the lorgnette itself; but the acute accent which she contrives to give to it.
4
All grave accents in the original have been changed to acute , and an acute accent has been added to Recipe No.
5
Accent marks are indicated by a single quote (') after the vowel for acute accents and before the vowel for grave accents.
Usage of ague in English
1
Fever and ague descended upon the little home in the early winter.
2
Brooke and Wogale down with ague; gave Wogale ipecacuanha and quinine afterwards.
3
Leverage and the taxi-driver were both shivering as if with the ague.
4
Ransome stood and looked and shook like a man in an ague.
5
At the utterance of this name, the youth shook as with ague.
6
He was venerated greatly as a patron against ague and the gout.
7
A piece of wicken is worn as a cure for the ague.
8
Had for several weeks a dropsy of the belly after an ague.
9
Found none, and also that the ague had existed there from 1871.
10
Two hours later he was seized with ague and violent rheumatic pains.
11
To my amazement he was shaking like a man with the ague.
12
Our intermittent ague, known as dread of invasion, was over the land.
13
So he used Ayer's ague cure with good effect for six months.
14
Presently his whole body was seized with worse than an ague fit.
15
Should it cast a spell on me, or give me the ague?
16
It is excellent in cases of the ague, placed on the part affected.
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Ague through the time
Ague across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common