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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vague \vague\, n. cf. f. vague.
   an indefinite expanse. r.
   1913 webster

         the gray vague of unsympathizing sea.    --lowell.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vague \vague\ v=ag, a. compar. vaguer v=ag"~er;
   superl. vaguest. f. vague, or l. vagus. see vague, v.
   i.
   1913 webster
   1. wandering; vagrant; vagabond. archaic "to set upon the
      vague villains." --hayward.
      1913 webster

            she danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
                                                  --keats.
      1913 webster

   2. unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous;
      as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
      1913 webster

            this faith is neither a mere fantasy of future
            glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --i.
                                                  taylor.
      1913 webster

            the poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort
            of vague revery, which he called thought.
                                                  --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   3. proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated;
      uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
      1913 webster

            some legend strange and vague.        --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   vague year. see sothiac year, under sothiac.
      1913 webster

   syn: unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous;
        hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
        1913 webster
see also:
vaguer vaguest vague vague year sothiac year sothiac 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vague \vague\, v. i. f. vaguer, l. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.
   to wander; to roam; to stray. obs. "the soul doth vague
   and wander." --holland.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vague \vague\, n.
   a wandering; a vagary. obs. --holinshed.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
vague
     adj 1: 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 syn: obscure
     2: not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an
        undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined
        sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a
        vague uneasiness" syn: undefined ant: defined
     3: 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" syn: dim,
         faint, shadowy, wispy
see also:
obscure undefined defined dim faint shadowy 
wispy 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
223 moby thesaurus words for "vague":
   abstract, aimless, airy, aleatoric, aleatory, ambiguous, amorphic,
   amorphous, amphibological, anarchic, attenuate, attenuated, baggy,
   bland, blank, blear, bleared, bleary, blind, blobby, blurred,
   blurry, boyish, broad, capricious, casual, chance, chancy, chaotic,
   characterless, clear as mud, clouded, cloudy, collective,
   concealed, confused, dark, delicate, desultory, diaphanous,
   diluted, dim, disarticulated, discontinuous, disjunct, disordered,
   disorderly, dispersed, disproportionate, doubtful, dreamlike,
   dreamy, dull, empty, equivocal, erratic, ethereal, expressionless,
   faint, featureless, feeble, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, finespun,
   fitful, flimsy, foggy, formless, frail, frivolous, fuzzy, gauzy,
   general, generalized, generic, girlish, gossamer, gracile,
   gratuitous, half-seen, half-visible, haphazard, hazy, hidden,
   hit-or-miss, ill-defined, immethodical, imprecise, in doubt,
   inaccurate, inchoate, incoherent, inconspicuous, inconstant,
   indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate,
   indiscriminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, inexact, inexplicit,
   inform, insubstantial, irregular, irresolute, kaleidoscopic, lacy,
   lax, light, loose, low-profile, lumpen, meaningless,
   merely glimpsed, misshapen, misty, murky, mushy, nebulous, neutral,
   nondescript, nonspecific, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic,
   nonuniform, obscure, opaque, orderless, out of focus, pale, papery,
   planless, promiscuous, puzzled, random, rare, rarefied,
   semivisible, senseless, shadowed forth, shadowy, shapeless,
   shrouded, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish,
   slinky, small, spasmodic, sporadic, stochastic, straggling,
   straggly, subconscious, subliminal, subtle, svelte, sweeping,
   sylphlike, systemless, tenebrous, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied,
   thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike, transcendent,
   unarranged, uncertain, uncharacterized, unclassified, unclear,
   undecided, undefined, undestined, undetermined, undifferentiated,
   undirected, unexplained, unfixed, ungraded, unintelligible,
   unjoined, unmethodical, unordered, unorganized, unplain,
   unrecognizable, unsettled, unsorted, unspecific, unspecified,
   unsubstantial, unsymmetrical, unsystematic, ununiform, vacant,
   vacillating, vacuous, vaporous, vapory, veiled, wandering,
   wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, wavering, weak, wide,
   willowy, wiredrawn, wishy-washy, wispy





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NOUVELLE VAGUE : official website
...Nouvelle vague records .album reprend des titres New Wave en Bossa Nova. Une idée original.....Nouvelle vague, l'album. Projet original de Marc Collin etOlivier Libaux..
http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/, score=100, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 2:37 pm

l'annuaire Internet de l'ocean Indien (La Reunion, Maurice, Madagascar,...
...La-vague.net repertorie les sites internet de l'ocean Indien (Reunion, Maurice, Madagascar.....la-vague.net est un site recommandé par.....La-vague.net® et RapidoClic® sont des marques déposées de LVOL Sarl. ©1998-2001 .. LVOL..
http://www.la-vague.net/, score=95, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 7:46 pm



http://www.thevague.com/, score=90, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 11:36 pm

Douce Vague : Résidence hôtelière en Martinique
...residence hoteliere hotel hebergement studios appartements en Martinique résidence hôtelière..
http://www.douce-vague.fr/, score=88, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 9:11 pm

home NOUVELLE VAGUE records
...Nouvelle Vague Records, THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE..
http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/english/accueil.html, score=87, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 5:32 am

La Vague Littéraire, référenceur des meilleurs sites littéraires
...La Vague Littéraire, référenceur des meilleurs sites littéraires..
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/leoj/, score=83, date indexed=October 6, 2005, 5:40 am

Chaussures d'intérieur La Vague - Bienvenue
...Fabricant français d'articles chaussants de haute qualité avec différentes..
http://www.la-vague.fr/, score=71, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 8:37 pm

Vague It Up

http://www.emmalee.com/vague/, score=62, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 3:43 am

La Nouvelle Vague (French New Wave)
...Here is a selection of the films which represent the  triumphs of La Nouvelle Vague. Le.....The best French films of La Nouvelle Vague....The Best of ..La Nouvelle Vague ..1958-1974..
http://frenchfilms.topcities.com/Best_Nouvelle_Vague.html, score=56, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 4:59 am

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