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1 definition found 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
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