Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SICK-EN
SICK-EN, v.t. [sik'n.]
- To make sick; to disease. Raise this to strength, and sicken that to death. – Prior.
- To make squeamish. It sickens the stomach.
- To disgust. It sickens one to hear the fawning sycophant.
- To impair. [Not in use.] – Shak.
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