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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ague.

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Examples

  • The autumnal fevers to which our country towns are subject, in the place of those "agues," or intermittents, so largely prevalent in the South and

    A Mortal Antipathy: first opening of the new portfolio Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • The autumnal fevers to which our country towns are subject, in the place of those "agues," or intermittents, so largely prevalent in the South and

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • Student performance, Davis agues, is the best indicator: "performance is pretty objective - how do they do on tests?"

    Archive 2009-06-01 Jim Horn 2009

  • I've just finished a book on the subject by Dambisa Moyo, an African woman, and it's a brilliant indictment of the aid industry which, she agues, does more harm than good in her native continent.

    An important voice on African development 2009

  • Student performance, Davis agues, is the best indicator: "performance is pretty objective - how do they do on tests?"

    More New Democrats and DFER Kenneth Libby 2009

  • I've just finished a book on the subject by Dambisa Moyo, an African woman, and it's a brilliant indictment of the aid industry which, she agues, does more harm than good in her native continent.

    An important voice on African development 2009

  • “I hope we may not come down with agues,” I muttered.

    Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

  • All logic and reason agues against this injustice.

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR MONEY? 2009

  • “I hope we may not come down with agues,” I muttered.

    Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

  • He agues that it is the Ainu people's role, not that of the government, to show their commitment in restoring their culture and ethnic identity:

    Japan Recognizes Ainu 2008

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