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Ail   /eɪl/   Listen
Ail

verb
(past & past part. ailed; pres. part. ailing)
1.
Be ill or unwell.
2.
Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed.  Synonyms: pain, trouble.
noun
1.
Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.  Synonym: garlic.



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"Ail" Quotes from Famous Books



... began to feel my heart beat very quick all on a sudden, which made me at first think that perhaps something is going to ail me, though I was not alarmed, for I felt no pain. My heart increased in its beating, which soon convinced me that it was the Holy Spirit from the effect it had on me. I began to feel exceedingly ...
— The Varieties of Religious Experience • William James

... "and you're dropping grease ail over the floor with that candle. You go back to bed, uncle. I'm all right. ...
— The Captives • Hugh Walpole

... she, of ail the group, was alone in a real pajama outfit, and consequently took herself off promptly to more secluded quarters, and was then not at hand to ...
— The Girl Scouts at Bellaire - Or Maid Mary's Awakening • Lilian C. McNamara Garis

... whom she sighed and shook her head, and wondered what could possibly ail Arthur—who still ate his dinner heartily, and had as many orders for portraits as he cared to fulfill—suggested that there was a woman in the case, good Aunt Winnifred ...
— Trumps • George William Curtis

... O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has withered from the lake, And no ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various


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