take sick

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Verb

take sick (third-person singular simple present takes sick, present participle taking sick, simple past took sick, past participle taken sick)

1. (intransitive, dated) To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness.

   Synonyms: take ill, fall sick, be taken ill, be taken sick

   • 1871, Noah A. McDonald, “Chapter 3 Religion”, in Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c, Philadelphia: Alfred Martien, page 80:

     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.

Translations

become ill — see fall ill