ague

/ˈeɪ.ɡju/
/ˈeɪ.ɡju/

noun

  1. An acute fever.

  2. An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

  3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever

    "fever and ague"

  4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.

  5. Malaria.

verb

  1. To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.