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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ail \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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
--Richardson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ail \Ail\, n.
Indisposition or morbid affection. --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ail
n : aromatic bulb used as seasoning [syn: {garlic}]
v 1: be unwell, ill, or ill disposed
2: cause bodily suffering to [syn: {afflict}, {trouble}, {pain}]
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