| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fe·ver |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f  v r |
| NOUN: | 1a. Abnormally high body temperature. b. Any of various diseases characterized by abnormally high body temperature. 2a. A condition of heightened activity or excitement: a fever of anticipation. b. A contagious, usually short-lived enthusiasm or craze: disco fever. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: fe·vered, fe·ver·ing, fe·vers
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To effect fever in. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To be or become feverish. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English feforand from Old French fievre, both from Latin febris.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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