- 1. v. t. 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. Source: opted
- 2. v. i. To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble. Source: opted
- 3. n. Indisposition or morbid affection. Source: opted
- 4. n. aromatic bulb used as seasoning Source: wordnet
- 5. v. be ill or unwell Source: wordnet
- 6. v. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed Source: wordnet
- 7. 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. 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. Indisposition or morbid affection. Pope. Source: webster
- 8. To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental;to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasinessor affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man I knownot what ails him.What aileth thee, Hagar Gen. xxi. 17. Source: adambom
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