Preposition: that

• principle: He agues that âthis principle limited the scope of the state to intervene in peopleâs livesâ , but that current legislation is threatening it.

Converse of object

• cure: I have pared the devil's nails forty times, roasted them in raven's eggs, and cured agues with them.

• contract: They both contracted ague and fever on the survey from which he died.

Adjective modifier

• tertian: The boy had the disease for three years, ending with tertian ague.

• dumb: Deceased complained of dumb ague, but witness had never been able to detect any positive disease.