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# ague

«ague» in Mova's school dictionary: **An ague was an old word for an illness with fever and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ague, no plural in use); old use

### meaning for a pupil

An ague was an old word for an illness with fever and shivering, the kind caught from damp places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ague/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories, a sickness that makes poor people shiver and sweat

### examples

- After the hard winter the poor woman suffered from fever and ague. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ague/#x1)
- In old tales, people caught ague from the damp marshes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ague/#x2)
- The old man shook with ague by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ague/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ague» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ague/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.