noun an acute fever.
2. ague ·noun a chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
3. ague ·vt to strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
4. ague ·noun an intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
5. ague ·noun the cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.