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heal
CIDE DICTIONARY
heal, v. t. [See Hele.].
To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [1913 Webster]
heal, v. t. [OE. helen, hælen, AS. h\'d6lan, fr. hāl hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. h, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See Whole.].
- To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health. [1913 Webster]"Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed." [1913 Webster]
- To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound. [1913 Webster]"I will heal their backsliding." [1913 Webster]
- To restore to original purity or integrity. [1913 Webster]"Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters." [1913 Webster]
- To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to
heal dissensions. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
"Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves." [1913 Webster]
heal, n. [AS. h, h. See Heal, v. t. ].
Health. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
heal, v.
1 intr. (often foll. by up) (of a wound or injury) become sound or healthy again.
2 tr. cause (a wound, disease, or person) to heal or be healed.
3 tr. put right (differences etc.).
4 tr. alleviate (sorrow etc.).
1 intr. (often foll. by up) (of a wound or injury) become sound or healthy again.
2 tr. cause (a wound, disease, or person) to heal or be healed.
3 tr. put right (differences etc.).
4 tr. alleviate (sorrow etc.).
Idiom
heal-all
1 a universal remedy, a panacea.
2 a popular name of various medicinal plants.
1 a universal remedy, a panacea.
2 a popular name of various medicinal plants.
Derivative
healable adj. healer n.
Etymology
OE h{aelig}lan f. Gmc, rel. to WHOLE
THESAURUS
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 cureROGET THESAURUS
heal
Restoration
VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds, return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.Also see definition of "heal" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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