[syn: bring around, cure, heal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heal \Heal\ (h[=e]l), 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.
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Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves.
--Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heal \Heal\ (h[=e]l), v. t. [See Hele.]
To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
[Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heal \Heal\, n. [AS. h[=ae]lu, h[=ae]l. See Heal, v. t.]
Health. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heal \Heal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed (h[=e]ld); 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.
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Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
--Matt. viii.
8.
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2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; --
said of a disease or a wound.
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I will heal their backsliding. --Hos. xiv. 4.
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3. To restore to original purity or integrity.
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Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. --2
Kings ii. 21.
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4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to
free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heal
v 1: heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" [syn: mend,
heal]
2: get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly"
3: provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured
the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but
never managed to" [syn: bring around, cure, heal]