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Definition of: travail
(trav′āl, trə·vāl′) v.t.
1. To weary.
—v.i.
2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
3. To toil; labor.
—noun
1. Labor in childbirth.
2. Anguish or distress encountered in achievement.
3. Hard or agonizing labor.
4. Physical agony. See synonyms under TOIL1. [<OF <travaillier labor, toil, ult. <LL trepalium a three-pronged instrument of torture <tres, tria three + palus a stake]
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