Sick"en (?), v. t. [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.]
Shak.
Sick"en, 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.
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.
Sick"en (?), v. t. [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.]
Shak.
Sick"en, 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.
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.
