Sicken — Defs

01 v. t. To make sick; to disease.

imp. & p. p. Sickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Sickening

1.
To make sick; to disease.
“Raise this strength, and sicken that to death.” — Prior.
2.
To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.
3.
To impair; to weaken.[Obs.]

02 v. i. To become sick; to fall into disease.

1.
To become sick; to fall into disease.
“The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.” — Bacon.
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.” — Shak.
3.
To become disgusting or tedious.
“The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.” — Goldsmith.
4.
To become weak; to decay; to languish.
“All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.” — Pope.