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- 05:13, 19 November 2023 Randylyon talk contribs created page AGUE (Created page with "AGUE. The description of what became known as ague is found in the translation in Leviticus 26:16 (RSV, "fever") of the Hebrew word kaddah'ath, meaning "kindling", i.e., an inflammatory or burning fever. In Deuteronomy 28:22 the word is defined "fever." (1) Pronounced 'A-(")gyu with the accent solidly on the "A", the word "ague" is an example of how medical terminology changes with time. The earliest known use of the verb ague is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence...")