About The Word Heal
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Heal
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What's The Definition Of Heal?
[v] provide a cure for, make healthy again
[v] get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly" [v] heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" Synonyms | Synonyms for Heal: cure | mend Related Terms | Find terms related to Heal: bandage | bathe | bring around | bring round | care for | cicatrize | close up | cure | diagnose | doctor | flux | give care to | granulate | heal over | improve | knit | massage | mend | minister to | nurse | operate on | patch up | physic | plaster | poultice | pull round | purge | reconcile | recover | recuperate | recure | rejuvenate | remedy | renew | repair | restore | restore to health | revitalize | right itself | rub | scab over | set | settle | splint | strap | treat | work a cure See Also | aid | ameliorate | ameliorate | better | better | care for | cicatrise | cicatrize | granulate | help | improve | improve | meliorate | meliorate | recuperate | scab | scab over | skin over | treat Heal In Webster's Dictionary \Heal\, v. t. [See {Hele}.]
To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
[Obs.]
\Heal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Healed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Healing}.] [OE. helen, h[ae]len, AS. h[=ae]lan, fr. h[=a]l hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. h[=e]lian, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See {Whole}.] 1. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health. Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. --Matt. viii. 8. 2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound. I will heal their backsliding. --Hos. xiv. 4. 3. To restore to original purity or integrity. Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. --2 Kings ii. 21. 4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions. \Heal\, v. i. To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over. Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. --Shak. \Heal\, n. [AS. h?lu, h?l. See {Heal}, v. t.] Health. [Obs.] --Chaucer. |
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