Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Ail

Ail

(āl)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ailed
(āld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ailing
.]
[OE.
eilen
,
ailen
, AS.
eglan
to trouble, pain; akin to Goth. us-
agljan
to distress,
agls
troublesome, irksome,
aglo
,
aglitha
, pain, and prob. to E.
awe
. √3.]
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?
Gen. xxi. 17.
☞ It is never used to express a specific disease. We do not say, a fever ails him; but, something ails him.

Ail

,
Verb.
I.
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.
Richardson.

Ail

,
Noun.
Indisposition or morbid affection.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ail

AIL

, v.t.
To trouble; to affect with uneasiness, either of body or mind; 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? Gen. 21.
It is never used to express a specific disease. We never say, he ails a pleurisy; but it is unusual to say, he ails something; he ails nothing; nothing ails him.

AIL

,
Noun.
Indisposition, or morbid affection.

Definition 2024


Äil

Äil

See also: ail, áil, àil, -ail, and -áil

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Äil m

  1. (zoology) An eel