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Webster 1913 Edition

Ache

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Noun.
[F.
ache
, L.
apium
parsley.]
A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
[Obs.]
Holland.

Ache

,
Noun.
[OE.
ache
, AS.
æce
,
ece
, fr.
acan
to ache. See
Ache
,
Verb.
I.
]
Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. “Such an ache in my bones.”
Shak.
☞ Often used in composition, as, a headache, an earache, a toothache.

Ache

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ached
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Aching
.]
[OE.
aken
, AS.
acan
, both strong verbs, AS.
acan
, imp.
ōc
, p. p.
acen
, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and akin to
agent
.]
To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.
“My old bones ache.”
Shak.
The sins that in your conscience
ache
.
Keble.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ache

ACHE

,
Verb.
I.
ake.
[Gr. to ache or be in pain. The primary sense is to be pressed. Perhaps the oriental to press.]
1.
To suffer pain; to have or be in pain, or in continued pain; as, the head aches.
2.
To suffer grief, or extreme grief; to be distressed; as the heart aches.

ACHE

,
Noun.
ake.
Pain, or continued pain, in opposition to sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. it denotes a more moderate degree of pain than pang, anguish, and torture.

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