Fever
['fiːvə] or ['fivɚ]
Definition
(noun.) intense nervous anticipation; 'in a fever of resentment'.
(noun.) a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.
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Definition
(n.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever.
(n.) Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
(v. t.) To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Heat, flush, agitation, excitement.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Heat, ardor, fervor, broil, flush, ferment, passion
ANT:Coolness, composure, frigidity, iciness, indifference
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Definition
n. disease marked by great bodily heat and quickening of pulse: extreme excitement of the passions agitation: a painful degree of anxiety.—v.t. to put into a fever.—v.i. to become fevered.—adj. Fē′vered affected with fever excited.—ns. Fē′ver-few a composite perennial closely allied to camomile so called from its supposed power as a febrifuge; Fē′ver-heat the heat of fever: an excessive degree of excitement.—adj. Fē′verish slightly fevered: indicating fever: fidgety: fickle: morbidly eager.—adv. Fē′verishly.—n. Fē′verishness.—adj. Fē′verous feverish: marked by sudden changes.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are stricken with this malady, signifies that you are worrying over trifling affairs while the best of life is slipping past you, and you should pull yourself into shape and engage in profitable work. To dream of seeing some of your family sick with fever, denotes temporary illness for some of them. See Illness.
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Examples
- I think she's got a touch of that fever in her blood yet, and it won't come out--eh? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- At this proposal, my detective-fever suddenly cooled. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To be brief, their kind attention and my own excellent constitution triumphed over the fever, which had been very severe during five days. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was taken on his return home from the African station, where he had suffered from the fever of the country. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We were in a fever of impatience; we were dying to see the renowned cathedral! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One more crusade remains to be noted, an expedition to Tunis by this same Louis IX, who died of fever there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The fever broke out there, and many of the pupils died. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The detective-fever isn't an easy disease to deal with, under THESE circumstances. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I inquired after Sophia, who had not been permitted to visit me because the scarlet fever was considered infectious. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A nervous fever was the consequence; during which he was nursed by the daughter of a poor cottager, under whose roof he lodged. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Bad people have fevers sometimes; haven't they, eh? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The use of the thermometer in recording the progress of fevers is also a valuable modern application, and the list of instruments and small tools is beyond enumeration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As to the new hospital, which is nearly finished, I shall consider what you have said about the advantages of the special destination for fevers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This is autumn, a season fertile in fevers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Malarial fevers broke out among the men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Pilgrims in better circumstances are often stricken down by the sun and the fevers of the country, and then their saving refuge is the Convent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Quietness is everything in these inflammatory fevers, you know, my sweet. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Fevers are not peculiar to good people; are they? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It is excellent for illness of all kinds, especially fevers, and is as valued now as it was in the days of Pliny. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At last,' he muttered, wiping his dry and fevered mouth. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He was greatly excited, horribly fevered, bit his nails down to the quick, spoke in a hard rattling voice, and with lips that were black and burnt up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Then he was gone; and the door was locked outside; and I was lying, fevered and hot, and torn, and sore, and raging in my puny way, upon the floor. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Though Wildeve's fevered feeling had not been elaborated to real poetical compass, it was of the standard sort. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The changes of a fevered room are slow and fluctuating; but the changes of the fevered world are rapid and irrevocable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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