Plague(n.) That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
Plague(n.) 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.
Plague(v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
Plague(v. t.) Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
Plagued(imp. & p. p.) of Plague
Plagueful(a.) Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations.
Plaguing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plague
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