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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vague \Vague\, v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.]
To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague
and wander." --Holland.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vague \Vague\, n.
A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. {Vaguer} (v[=a]g"[~e]r);
superl. {Vaguest}.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See {Vague}, v.
i.]
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1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the
vague villains." --Hayward.
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She danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
--Keats.
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2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous;
as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
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This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future
glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I.
Taylor.
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The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort
of vague revery, which he called thought.
--Hawthorne.
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3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated;
uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
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Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow.
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{Vague year}. See {Sothiac year}, under {Sothiac}.
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Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous;
hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vague \Vague\, n. [Cf. F. vague.]
An indefinite expanse. [R.]
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The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. --Lowell.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vague
adj 1: not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of
phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure
battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their
descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and
unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so
long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke [syn:
{obscure}, {vague}]
2: not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an
undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense
of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague
uneasiness" [syn: {undefined}, {vague}] [ant: {defined}]
3: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the
distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in
the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the
fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: {dim},
{faint}, {shadowy}, {vague}, {wispy}]
From French-English Freedict dictionary [fd-fra-eng]:
vague [vag]
uncertain
wave
vacant
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