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Definition of Plague
| n. | 1. | That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. | | 2. | Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. |
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