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Vague (v&ā;g), a. [Compar. Vaguer (v&ā;g"&etilde_;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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Vague, n. [Cf. F. vague.] An indefinite expanse. [R.]
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The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. Lowell.
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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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Vague, n. A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] Holinshed.
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