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Ill, subst. 1) any evil, misfortune, pain, disease etc.: “O benefit of ill! now I find true that better is by evil still made better,” Sonn. 119, 9. Sonn. 119, 9 “that which doth preserve the ill,” 147, 3. “who ever shunned by precedent the destined ill she must herself assay?” Compl. 156. “there is some ill a brewing,” Merch. II, 5, 17. “would not this ill do well?” R2 III, 3, 170. H5 IV, 1, 198. H6A II, 5, 129. III, 3, 65. Cor. III, 1, 161. Per. II, 1, 139. Per. II, 1, 139 Plur. --s: “rather bear those --s we have than fly to others,” Hml. III, 1, 81. “ten thousand harms, more than the --s I know,” Ant. I, 2, 133.
2) a moral evil, wickedness: “whose inward ill no outward harm expressed,” Lucr. 91. “they all rate his ill,” Lucr. 91 “then had they seen the period of their ill,” Lucr. 91 “under what colour he commits this ill,” Lucr. 91 “him that thou taughtest this ill,” Lucr. 91 “my blood shall wash the slander of mine ill,” Lucr. 91 “call them not the authors of their ill,” Lucr. 91 “in whom all ill well shows,” Sonn. 40, 13. “he thinks no ill,” 57, 14. “captive good attending captain ill,” 66, 12. “if some suspect of ill masked not thy show,” 70, 13. 118, 12. Tp. I, 2, 353. Ado II, 1, 159. LLL II, 58. IV, 1, 35. IV, 3, 124. John III, 1, 272. R2 I, 1, 86. I, 3, 189. H6B I, 2, 19. II, 3, 91. R3 III, 4, 69 (Qq this ill, Ff their evil). Tit. V, 1, 127. Rom. IV, 5, 94. Tim. III, 5, 37. Mcb. III, 2, 55. Per. I, 1, 77. Plur. --s: “if all these petty --s shall change thy good,” Lucr. 656. “to anticipate the --s that were not,” Sonn. 118, 10. “the --s we do, their --s instruct us so,” Oth. IV, 3, 104. “our --s told us is as our earing,” Ant. I, 2, 114. “second --s with --s,” Cymb. V, 1, 14.
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