GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Sicken , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sickened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sickening.]
- To make sick; to disease.1913 Webster
Raise this strength, and sicken that to death.
Prior.1913 Webster - To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.1913 Webster
- To impair; to weaken. [Obs.]Shak.1913 Webster
- To make sick; to disease.
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Sicken, v. i.
- To become sick; to fall into disease.1913 Webster
The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.
Bacon.1913 Webster - To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.1913 Webster
Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.
Shak.1913 Webster - To become disgusting or tedious.1913 Webster
The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.
Goldsmith.1913 Webster - To become weak; to decay; to languish.1913 Webster
All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.
Pope.1913 Webster
- To become sick; to fall into disease.