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English Dictionary: vague	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vague adj 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 Synonym(s): obscure, vague not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness" Synonym(s): undefined, vague Antonym(s): defined 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" Synonym(s): dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\, n. [Cf. F. vague.] An indefinite expanse. [R.] The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\, v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.] To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] [bd][The soul] doth vague and wander.[b8] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\, n. A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\ (v[amac]g), a. [Compar. {Vaguer} (v[amac]g"[etil]r); superl. {Vaguest}.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See {Vague}, v. i.] 1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] [bd]To set upon the vague villains.[b8] --Hayward. She danced along with vague, regardless eyes. --Keats. 2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I. Taylor. The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. --Hawthorne. 3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow. {Vague year}. See {Sothiac year}, under {Sothiac}. Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.