Ail /(āl)/
Ail
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Ailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ailing
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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?
Ail
v. i.
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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.
Ail
n.
- Indisposition or morbid affection.