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"(intransitive) To become ill."
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"(transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence."
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"ref": "2011, Scott Burns, Walter Smith the Ibrox Gaffer: A Tribute to a Rangers Legend",
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"(intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence."
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"ref": "1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village",
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"(intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious."
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"ref": "1734, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man",
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"To become weak; to decay; to languish."
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"(intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish."
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"(transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence."
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"text": "City took control, pinning a tiring Celtic back and threatening to sicken them with a winner.",
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"(intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish."
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"word": "hasta etmek"
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