| 1. | Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits. |
| 2. | a fit of fever or shivering or shaking chills, accompanied by malaise, pains in the bones and joints, etc.; chill. |

ague a·gue (ā'gy&oomacr;)
n.
A febrile condition, especially associated with malaria, characterized by alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating.
A chill or fit of shivering.
Ague
the translation in Lev. 26:16 (R.V., "fever") of the Hebrew word kaddah'ath, meaning "kindling", i.e., an inflammatory or burning fever. In Deut. 28:22 the word is rendered "fever."