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(sĭk'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SICKENED; p. pr. & vb. n. SICKENING.]
Raise this to strength, and sicken that to death. Prior. 3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.] Shak.
v. i. 1. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted; to be filled with abhorrence; to be satiated.
Mine eyes did sicken at the sight. Shak.
Sense 2. To become disgusting or tedious.
The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith.
Sense 3. To become sick; to fall into disease.
The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it, and died. Bacon.
Sense 4. To become weak; to decay; to languish.
All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink. Pope.