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Ail

/ˈeɪl/
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(verb) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, alone and palely loitering?
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The doctor asked, 'What seems to ____ you today?'

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