ail

[ail]

The verb ail means to be sick or unwell or cause to be so. If you feel a general malaise, someone may ask what ails you, though you may just need a vacation from work or school.

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To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.

Noun
aromatic bulb used as seasoning

Verb
cause bodily suffering to

Verb
be unwell, ill, or ill disposed


v. t.
To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.

v. i.
To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.

n.
Indisposition or morbid affection.


Ail

Ail , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ailed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ailing.] [OE. eilen, ailen, AS. eglan to trouble, pain; akin to Goth. us-agljan to distress, agls troublesome, irksome, aglo, aglitha, pain, and prob. to E. awe. .] To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.
What aileth thee, Hagar?
&hand; It is never used to express a specific disease. We do not say, a fever ails him; but, something ails him.

Ail

Ail, v. i. To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.
When he ails ever so little . . . he is so peevish.

Ail

Ail, n. Indisposition or morbid affection.

To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.

To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.

Indisposition or morbid affection.

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