ACHE, verb intransitive 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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