01 a. Affected with fever or ague; feverish.
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Affected with fever or ague; feverish.“His heart, love's feverous citadel.” — Keats.
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Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse.“All maladies . . . all feverous kinds.” — Milton.
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Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year.[R.]