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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disease \Dis*ease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diseased}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Diseasing}.]
1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.
[Obs.]
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His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser.
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2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease
or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in
the participle diseased.
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He was diseased in body and mind. --Macaulay.
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