ailing
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verb (used with object)
1.
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
verb (used without object)
2.
to be unwell; feel pain; be ill: He's been ailing for some time.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to trouble; afflict |
| 2. | (intr) to feel unwell |
| [Old English eglan to trouble, from egle troublesome, painful, related to Gothic agls shameful] | |
| ailing (ˈeɪlɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| unwell or unsuccessful | |
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Word Origin & History
ail
O.E. eglian "to trouble, plague, afflict," from P.Gmc. *azljaz (cf. O.E. egle "hideous, loathsome, troublesome, painful;" Goth. agls "shameful, disgraceful," agliþa "distress, affliction, hardship," us-agljan "to oppress, afflict"), from PIE *agh-lo-, suffixed form of base *agh- "to be depressed,
be afraid." Related: Ailing (c.1600); ailment formed in Eng. 1706.
"It is remarkable, that this word is never used but with some indefinite term, or the word no thing; as What ails him? ... Thus we never say, a fever ails him." [Johnson]
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Example sentences
One photo showed the posterior of the ailing bird-Ms.
She said it is unusual for an ailing basking shark to come ashore.
Enthusiasts think direct democracy is spreading because the traditional type is ailing.
The mission successfully installed two new science tools, fixed two ailing ones, and replaced batteries and gyrators.
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