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  1. 1. v. t. To make sick; to disease. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To impair; to weaken. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To become sick; to fall into disease. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To become disgusting or tedious. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. i. To become weak; to decay; to languish. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. get sick Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. upset and make nauseated Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. make sick or ill Source: wordnet
  12. 12. 1. To make sick; to disease. Raise this strength, and sicken that to death. Prior. 2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach. 3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.] Shak. 1. To become sick; to fall into disease. The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died. Bacon. 2. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated. Mine eyes did sicken at the sight. Shak. 3. To become disgusting or tedious. The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith. 4. To become weak; to decay; to languish. All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink. Pope. Source: webster

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