"take sick" meaning in English

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      "form": "took sick",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1871, Noah A. McDonald, “Chapter 3 Religion”, in Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c, Philadelphia: Alfred Martien, page 80:",
          "text": "The father of a certain family took sick and died. The family believed some foul play had been exercised in his case, and when they came to burn the body, a small portion, perhaps the heart, did not consume as rapidly as the rest.",
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        }
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        "To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness."
      ],
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          "ill",
          "ill"
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        [
          "fall ill",
          "fall ill"
        ],
        [
          "attract",
          "attract"
        ],
        [
          "illness",
          "illness"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, dated) To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take ill"
        },
        {
          "word": "fall sick"
        },
        {
          "word": "be taken ill"
        },
        {
          "word": "be taken sick"
        }
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  "word": "take sick"
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "took sick",
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        "past"
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          "ref": "1871, Noah A. McDonald, “Chapter 3 Religion”, in Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c, Philadelphia: Alfred Martien, page 80:",
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        }
      ],
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        "To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness."
      ],
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          "ill",
          "ill"
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        [
          "fall ill",
          "fall ill"
        ],
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          "attract",
          "attract"
        ],
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          "illness",
          "illness"
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        "(intransitive, dated) To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness."
      ],
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          "word": "take ill"
        },
        {
          "word": "fall sick"
        },
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          "word": "be taken ill"
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