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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. {Vaguer} (v[=a]g"[~e]r);
superl. {Vaguest}.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See {Vague}, v.
i.]
1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] ``To set upon the
vague villains.'' --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.
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