Ail

Definition of Ail

Pronunciation: āl
v. t.1.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.
[imp. & p. p. Ailed (āld); p. pr. & vb. n. Ailing.]
What aileth thee, Hagar?
- Gen. xxi. 17.
v. i.1.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.
n.1.Indisposition or morbid affection.

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