(Med.) See Dengue. [ 1913 Webster ]
. Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in hunting. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
(Med.) A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. [ Pref. en- + fever: cf. F. enfiévrer. ] To excite fever in. [ R. ] A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fièvre. Cf. Febrile. ]
☞ Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals; intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit nor intermit. [ 1913 Webster ]
An envious fever
Of pale and bloodless emulation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Brain fever,
Continued fever
Fever and ague,
Fever blister (Med.),
Fever bush (Bot.),
Fever powder.
Fever root (Bot.),
Fever sore,
v. t.
The white hand of a lady fever thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Highly excited;
n. A slight fever. [ Obs. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge. ] (Bot.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum Parthenium, or Chrysanthemum Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. Milton.
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a. [ Cf.F. fiévreux. ]
His heart, love's feverous citadel. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]
All maladies . . . all feverous kinds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Feverishly. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See
a. Feverish. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Med.) Typhus fever. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Med.) An infectious disease contracted from meat or milk products from infected domestic animals; called also
. (Med.) A febrile disease characterized by dyspnoea and bronchitis caused by inhaling dust. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]