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Ail, āl, v.i. to feel pain: to be in trouble.—v.t. to trouble, afflict—obs. except in impers. phrase 'What ails you?'—n. trouble: indisposition.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Please, plēz, v.t. to give pleasure to: to delight: to satisfy.—v.i. to like: to think fit: to choose: to give pleasure: used impers., followed by an object, originally dative, of the person=if it please you.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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