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Meanings of ague in inglês

português
acento agudo
catalão
accent agut
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A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation.

acento agudo
português
febre

Successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria.

febre
Synonyms
Examples for "chills and fever"
Examples for "chills and fever"
1
That night the members of the Directory came down with chills and fever.
Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica
2
At one time I was quite sick with chills and fever.
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
3
On reaching Indianola, near Topeka, I found everybody down with the chills and fever.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Volume 1
4
I believe he means the brown bitters mother used to make for chills and fever.
The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields
5
From that on there were alternating chills and fever.
The Quickening
Usage of ague in inglês
1
Fever and ague descended upon the little home in the early winter.
A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
2
Brooke and Wogale down with ague; gave Wogale ipecacuanha and quinine afterwards.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
3
Leverage and the taxi-driver were both shivering as if with the ague.
Midnight
4
Ransome stood and looked and shook like a man in an ague.
Put Yourself in His Place
5
At the utterance of this name, the youth shook as with ague.
Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes; Or, The Quest of a Summer Vacation
6
He was venerated greatly as a patron against ague and the gout.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
7
A piece of wicken is worn as a cure for the ague.
Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District
8
Had for several weeks a dropsy of the belly after an ague.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses / With P...
9
Found none, and also that the ague had existed there from 1871.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
10
Two hours later he was seized with ague and violent rheumatic pains.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" ...
11
To my amazement he was shaking like a man with the ague.
Sir John Constantine / Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abr...
12
Our intermittent ague, known as dread of invasion, was over the land.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 2
13
So he used Ayer's ague cure with good effect for six months.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
14
Presently his whole body was seized with worse than an ague fit.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
15
Should it cast a spell on me, or give me the ague?
For the Master's Sake: A Story of the Days of Queen Mary
16
It is excellent in cases of the ague, placed on the part affected.
The American Frugal Housewife
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Ague through the time
Ague across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common