Diseasing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disease \Dis*ease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diseased}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Diseasing}.]
     1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.
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              His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser.
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     2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease
        or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in
        the participle diseased.
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              He was diseased in body and mind.     --Macaulay.
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