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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, a.
1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a
moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and
thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
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2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a
fever; as, feverish symptoms.
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3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." --Dryden.
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4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the
feverish condition of the commercial world.
Syn: fevered.
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Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being.
--Milton.
-- {Fe"ver*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ness}, n.
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