1
a
: a rise of body temperature above the normal
b
: any of various diseases of which fever is a prominent symptom
2
a
: a state of heightened or intense emotion or activity
b
: a contagious usually transient enthusiasm : craze
fevered; fevering
ˈfe-vər-iŋ 
ˈfē-vriŋ
: to throw into a fever : agitate
: to contract or be in a fever : become feverish
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Noun
The symptoms of the disease include headache and fever.
We waited in a fever of anticipation.
He had us all in a fever with worry.
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Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
Walking pneumonia shares symptoms with common upper respiratory infections, such as fever, runny nose, and cough, which aren’t specific to any particular virus or bacteria.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
Reuters, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2023
Despite ongoing health reforms, access to everything from ventilators to fever medicine remains scant for the 500 million people who live in the countryside.
—Olivia Wang, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2023
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Noun
Sometimes the predatory instinct will get the better or the fever.
—Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
Walking pneumonia shares symptoms with common upper respiratory infections, such as fever, runny nose, and cough, which aren’t specific to any particular virus or bacteria.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Visits to fever clinics fell 96.2%, from a peak of 2.867 million on Dec. 22 to 110,000 on Jan. 23.
—Reuters, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2023
Despite ongoing health reforms, access to everything from ventilators to fever medicine remains scant for the 500 million people who live in the countryside.
—Olivia Wang, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2023
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“Fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fever. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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fever
1 of 2 noun
fe·ver
ˈfē-vər
1
: a rise of body temperature above the normal whether a natural response (as to infection) or artificially induced for therapeutic reasons
2
: an abnormal bodily state characterized by increased production of heat, accelerated heart action and pulse, and systemic debility with weakness, loss of appetite, and thirst
3
: any of various diseases of which fever is a prominent symptom
fever
2 of 2 verb
fevered; fevering
ˈfēv-(ə-)riŋ
: to affect with fever
the malarial plasmodia fevered him
: to contract or be in a fever : be or become feverish
the malaria victim fevered intermittently
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