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Sicken   /sˈɪkən/   Listen
verb
Sicken  v. t.  (past & past part. sickened; pres. part. sickening)  
1.
To make sick; to disease. "Raise this strength, and sicken that to death."
2.
To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.
3.
To impair; to weaken. (Obs.)


Sicken  v. i.  
1.
To become sick; to fall into disease. "The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died."
2.
To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated. "Mine eyes did sicken at the sight."
3.
To become disgusting or tedious. "The toiling pleasure sickens into pain."
4.
To become weak; to decay; to languish. "All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink."





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"Sicken" Quotes from Famous Books



... a fierce gale and a hot wind from west by north, which rendered us still more uncomfortable: nothing indeed could be done without risk in such a temperature, and such a climate. The fearful position in which we were placed, caused me great uneasiness; the men began to sicken, and I felt assured that if we remained much longer, the most ...
— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt
... within them. The putting forth of flowers and fruits is always taking place in them. They have heat within them in consequence of which leaf, bark, fruit, and flower, are seen to droop. They sicken and dry up. That shows they have perception of touch. Through sound of wind and fire and thunder, their fruits and flowers drop down. Sound is perceived through the ear. Trees have, therefore, ears and do hear. A creeper ...
— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 - Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 • Unknown
... are but a few of the omens which are generally credited in modern Europe. A complete list of them would fatigue from its length, and sicken from its absurdity. It would be still more unprofitable to attempt to specify the various delusions of the same kind which are believed among Oriental nations. Every reader will remember the comprehensive formula of cursing preserved in "Tristram ...
— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Vol. I • Charles Mackay
... marries again often show a likeness to her dead husband. It is annoying, of course, and that's why they used to burn all widows in India, as you know.—But tell me: have you ever felt jealous of him—of his memory? Would it not sicken you to meet him on a walk and hear him, with his eyes on your Tekla, use the word "we" instead ...
— Plays by August Strindberg, Second series • August Strindberg
... if such holy Song Enwrap our fancy long, Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold; And speckled vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous sin will melt from earthly mould; And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous ...
— The Golden Treasury - Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language • Various


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