Definitions for ail
eɪlail

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. garlic, ailverb

   aromatic bulb used as seasoning

2. ailverb

   be ill or unwell

3. trouble, ail, painverb

   cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ailnoun

   A disease.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Or heal, O Narses, thy obscener ail. Alexander Pope.

2. To AILverb

   Etymology: eglan, Sax. to be troublesome.

   1. To pain; to trouble; to give pain.

   And the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, what aileth thee, Hagar? fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Gen. xxi. 17.

   2. It is used, in a sense less determinate, for to affect in any manner; as, something ails me that I cannot sit still; what ails the man that he laughs without reason?

   Love smil’d, and thus said, Want join’d to desire is unhappy;
   But if he nought do desire, what can Heraclitus ail? Philip Sidney.

   What ails me, that I cannot lose thy thought!
   Command the empress hither to be brought,
   I, in her death, shall some diversion find,
   And rid my thoughts at once of woman-kind. John Dryden, Tyrannick Love.

   3. To feel pain; to be incommoded.4. It is remarkable, that this word is never used but with some indefinite term, or the word nothing; as, What ails him? What does he ail? He ails something; he ails nothing. Something ails him; nothing ails him. Thus we never say, a fever ails him, or he ails a fever, or use definite terms with this verb.

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1. ail

   To ail means to suffer from an illness or to experience difficulties or issues. It can also refer to causing mental or emotional discomfort or to being in poor health.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ailverb

   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

2. Ailverb

   to be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble

3. Ailnoun

   indisposition or morbid affection

4. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ail

   āl, v.i. to feel pain: to be in trouble.—v.t. to trouble, afflict—obs. except in impers. phrase 'What ails you?'—n. trouble: indisposition.—n. Ail′ment, pain: indisposition: disease. [A.S. eglan, to pain. See Awe.]

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1. AIL

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1. lai

2. ila

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ail in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ail
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ail
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ail
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ail