Definition of "sicken"

sicken

/ˈsɪkən/

verb
third-person singular simple present sickens, present participle sickening, simple past and past participle sickened
1. (transitive) To make ill.
2. (intransitive) To become ill.
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  The judges that sat upon the jail, and numbers of those that attended, […] sickened upon it and died.
  1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]
3. (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
4. (sports) To lower the standing of.
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  Whenever I get booed by opposition fans it only makes me more determined to sicken them.
  2007, Euan Reedie, Alan Shearer: Portrait Of A Legend - Captain Fantastic
  But instead of giving up, the Rangers team managed to grab a dramatic later winner from Kenny Miller to sicken St Mirren and lift the cup
  2011, Scott Burns, Walter Smith the Ibrox Gaffer: A Tribute to a Rangers Legend
  City took control, pinning a tiring Celtic back and threatening to sicken them with a winner.
  2016 September 28, Tom English, “Celtic 3–3 Manchester City”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, BBC Sport
5. (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
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  Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.
  1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
6. (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.
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  The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.
  1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village
7. (intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish.
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  All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.
  1734, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man

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