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<blockquote>There 's some <b>ill</b> planet reigns. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.</def>

<blockquote>Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy <b>ill</b> example. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; <as>as, <ex>ill</ex> of a fever</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I am in health, I breathe, and see thee <b>ill</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant.</def>

<blockquote>That 's an <b>ill</b> phrase. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ill at ease</col>, <cd>uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. "I am very <i>ill at ease<i>." <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>Ill blood</col>, <cd>enmity; resentment.</cd> -- <col>Ill breeding</col>, <cd>want of good breeding; rudeness.</cd> -- <col>Ill fame</col>, <cd>ill or bad repute; as, a house of <i>ill fame<i>, a house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.</cd> -- <col>Ill humor</col>, <cd>a disagreeable mood; bad temper.</cd> -- <col>Ill nature</col>, <cd>bad disposition or temperament; sullenness; esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.</cd> -- <col>Ill temper</col>, <cd>anger; moroseness; crossness.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Ill turn</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An unkind act.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A slight attack of illness</cd>. <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Ill will</col></mcol>, <cd>unkindness; enmity; malevolence.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.</syn>

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<h1>Ill</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; <as>as, the <ex>ills</ex> of humanity</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Who can all sense of others' <b>ills</b> escape Is but a brute at best in human shape. <i>Tate.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That makes us rather bear those <b>ills</b> we have Than fly to others that we know not of. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.</def>

<blockquote>Strong virtue, like strong nature, struggles still, Exerts itself, and then throws off the <b>ill</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ill</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a ill manner; badly; weakly.</def>

<blockquote>How <b>ill</b> this taper burns! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Ill</b> fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Ill</i>, like <i>above</i>, <i>well</i>, and <i>so</i>, is used before many participal adjectives, in its usual adverbal sense. When the two words are used as an epithet preceding the noun qualified they are commonly hyphened; in other cases they are written separatively; as, an <i>ill</i>-educated man; he was <i>ill</i> educated; an <i>ill</i>-formed plan; the plan, however <i>ill</i> formed, was acceptable. Ao, also, the following: <i>ill</i>-affected or <i>ill</i> affected, <i>ill</i>-arranged or <i>ill</i> arranged, <i>ill</i>-assorted or <i>ill</i> assorted, <i>ill</i>-boding or <i>ill</i> boding, <i>ill</i>-bred or <i>ill</i> bred, <i>ill</i>-conditioned, <i>ill</i>-conducted, <i>ill</i>-considered, <i>ill</i>-devised, <i>ill</i>-disposed, <i>ill</i>-doing, <i>ill</i>-fairing, <i>ill</i>-fated, <i>ill</i>-favored, <i>ill</i>-featured, <i>ill</i>-formed, <i>ill</i>-gotten, <i>ill</i>-imagined, <i>ill</i>-judged, <i>ill</i>-looking, <i>ill</i>-mannered, <i>ill</i>-matched, <i>ill</i>-meaning, <i>ill</i>-minded, <i>ill</i>-natured, <i>ill</i>-omened, <i>ill</i>-proportioned, <i>ill</i>-provided, <i>ill</i>-required, <i>ill</i>-sorted, <i>ill</i>-starred, <i>ill</i>-tempered, <i>ill</i>-timed, <i>ill</i>-trained, <i>ill</i>-used, and the like.</note>

<h1>I' ll</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>I' ll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. Contraction for <i>I will</i> or <i>I shall</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>I'll</b> by a sign give notice to our friends. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Illabile</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lab"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Il`la*bil"i*ty</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Illacerable</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lac"er*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>illacerabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>illac\'82rable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Lacerable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>