fevered

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. highly excited“a fevered imagination”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fever \Fe"ver\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fevered (f[=e]"v[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fevering.] To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip. [R.] [1913 Webster]

The white hand of a lady fever thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

fevered \fevered\ adj. Highly excited; as, a fevered imagination.

Syn: feverish. [WordNet 1.5]

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