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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disease \Dis*ease"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Diseased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diseasing}.]
1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.]
His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser.
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.
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