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Webster 1913 Edition

Plague

Plague

,
Noun.
[L.
plaga
a blow, stroke, plague; akin to Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to strike; cf. L.
plangere
to strike, beat. Cf.
Plaint
.]
1.
That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
Shak.
And men blasphemed God for the
plague
of hail.
Wyclif.
The different
plague
of each calamity.
Shakespeare
2.
(Med.)
An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence;
as, the great London
plague
.
“A plague upon the people fell.”
Tennyson.
Cattle plague
.
See
Rinderpest
.
–
Plague mark
,
Plague spot
,
a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable.

Plague

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Plagued
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Plaguing
.]
1.
To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
Thus were they
plagued

And worn with famine.
Milton.
2.
Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
She will
plague
the man that loves her most.
Spenser.
Syn. – To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy; tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex.

Webster 1828 Edition

Plague

PLAGUE

,
Noun.
plag. [L. plaga, a stroke; Gr. See Lick and Lay. The primary sense is a stroke or striking. So afflict is from the root of flog, and probably of the same family as plague.]
1.
Any thing troublesome or vexatious; but in this sense, applied to the vexations we suffer from men, and not to the unavoidable evils inflicted on us by Divine Providence. The application of the word to the latter, would now be irreverent and reproachful.
2.
A pestilential disease; an acute, malignant and contagious disease that often prevails in Egypt, Syria and Turkey, and has at times infected the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality.
3.
A state of misery. Ps.38.
4.
Any great natural evil or calamity; as the ten plagues of Egypt.

PLAGUE

,
Verb.
T.
plag.
1.
To infest with disease, calamity or natural evil of any kind.
Thus were they plagued
And worn with famine.
2.
To vex; to tease; to harass; to trouble; to embarrass; a very general and indefinite signification.
If her nature be so,
That she will plague the man that loves her most--

Definition 2024

plagué

plagué

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Catalan

Verb

plagué

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative form of plaure

Spanish

Verb

plagué

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of plagar.

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