Meaning of AIL
| Pronunciation: | | eyl
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- [n] aromatic bulb used as seasoning
- [v] cause bodily suffering to
- [v] be unwell, ill, or ill disposed
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| | Synonyms: | | afflict, garlic, pain, trouble |
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| | See Also: | | Allium sativum, break out, clove, disagree with, erupt, flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, garlic clove, hurt, recrudesce, seasoner, seasoning, suffer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ail\ ([=a]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ailed} ([=a]ld); 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. [root]3.]
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? --Gen. xxi.
17.
Note: It is never used to express a specific disease. We do
not say, a fever ails him; but, something ails him.
\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.
--Richardson.
\Ail\, n.
Indisposition or morbid affection. --Pope.
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