Sick″en, v. i. 1. To become sick; to fall into disease.
The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died. Bacon.
2. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.
Mine eyes did sicken at the sight. Shak.
3. To become disgusting or tedious.
The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith.
4. To become weak; to decay; to languish.
All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink. Pope.