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take sick en · VERB
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(dated, intransitive) To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness.
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.
1871, Noah A. McDonald, “Chapter 3 Religion”, in Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c, Philadelphia: Alfred Martien, page 80:
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be taken sick · fall sick · be taken ill · take ill