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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Vague \Vague\, v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.] To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague and wander." --Holland. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Vague \Vague\, n. A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] --Holinshed. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. {Vaguer} (v[=a]g"[~e]r); superl. {Vaguest}.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See {Vague}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the vague villains." --Hayward. [1913 Webster] She danced along with vague, regardless eyes. --Keats. [1913 Webster] 2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. [1913 Webster] This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. [1913 Webster] Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] {Vague year}. See {Sothiac year}, under {Sothiac}. [1913 Webster] Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Vague \Vague\, n. [Cf. F. vague.] An indefinite expanse. [R.] [1913 Webster] The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. --Lowell. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: vague adj 1: not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke [syn: {obscure}, {vague}] 2: not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness" [syn: {undefined}, {vague}] [ant: {defined}] 3: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: {dim}, {faint}, {shadowy}, {vague}, {wispy}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: vague /vag/ wave From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: vague /vag/ uncertain; vague; vacant; faraway; loose