vague year

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vague year - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. Vaguer (v[=a]g"[~e]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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