DISEASE (2)

disease (2). Disease, v.t. to afflict, vex, torment, pain, infect

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