ail
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Definition of ail
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
“Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.”
“What aileth thee, Hagar?”
“Not content with having in 1996 put a Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the statue book, Congress has now begun to hold hearings on a Respect for Marriage Act. Defended, respected: what could possibly ail marriage in America?”
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verb
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(transitive)To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
“Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.”
“What aileth thee, Hagar?”
“Not content with having in 1996 put a Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the statue book, Congress has now begun to hold hearings on a Respect for Marriage Act. Defended, respected: what could possibly ail marriage in America?”
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(intransitive)To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
“When he ails ever so little […] he is so peevish.”
noun
- (obsolete)An ailment; trouble; illness.
- (West-Country)The awn of barley or other types of corn.
adj
- (obsolete)Painful; troublesome.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”).
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