Dictionary entry

Vogue

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vogue (?), n. [F. vogue a rowing, vogue, fashion, It. voga, fr. vogare to row, to sail; probably fr. OHG. wag�n to move, akin to E. way. Cf. Way.] 1. The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; — used now generally in the phrase in vogue.

One vogue, one vein,

One air of thoughts usurps my brain. Herbert.

Whatsoever its vogue may be, I still flatter myself that the parents of the growing generation will be satisfied with what �� to be taught to their children in Westminster, in Eton, or in Winchester. Burke.

Use may revive the obsoletest words,

And banish those that now are most in vogue. Roscommon.

2. Influence; power; sway. Strype.