Ague

a. To strike as if with an ague. A'gue-cake, n. (Med.) The enlargement of the liver or spleen, caused by the ague. A'gued, a. Struck with the ague. Agueda, a river of Spain, in the prov. of Salamanca, falling into the Douro, and forming part of the frontier of Portugal on the N.E. of Beira. A'gue-spell. n. A charm for the ague. enjoy long, as he died the following year, Feb. 9th, 1751. -The principal features of A gue eau's character, says the Duc de St. Simon, were much natural talent, application, penetration, and general knowledge; gravity, justice, piety, and purity of manners. According to Voltaire, he was the most learned magistrate that France ever po e ed. Independently of his thorough acquaintance with the laws of his country, he understood Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, . His knowledge of general literature, a isted by his intimacy with Boileau and Racine, gave an elegance to his forensic speeches which was previously unknown at the French bar. His works, now extant, form 13 vols. 4to.: they consist principally of his pleadings and appeals, ( réquisitoires ,) when advocate and solicitor-general, and of his speeches at the opening of the se ions of parlia ment.