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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
