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(1):

(n.) That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.

(2):

(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.

(3):

(v. t.) Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.

(4):

(v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Plague'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/plague.html. 1828.
 
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