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Webster 1913 Edition


Heal

Heal

(hēl)
,
Verb.
T.
[See
Hele
.]
To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
[Obs.]

Heal

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Healed
(hēld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Healing
.]
[OE.
helen
,
hælen
, AS.
hǣlan
, fr.
hāl
hale, sound, whole; akin to OS.
hēlian
, 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

(hēl)
,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare

Heal

,
Noun.
[AS.
hǣlu
,
hǣl
. See
Heal
,
Verb.
T.
]
Health.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Heal

HEAL

,
Verb.
T.
[L. celo; Heb. to be whole or entire, all.]
1.
To cure of a disease or wound and restore to soundness, or to that state of body in which the natural functions are regularly performed; as, to heal the sick.
Speak, and my servant shall be healed. Matt.8.
2.
To cure; to remove or subdue; as, to heal a disease.
3.
To cause to cicatrize; as, to heal a sore or wound.
4.
To restore to soundness; as, to heal a wounded limb.
5.
To restore purity to; to remove feculence or foreign matter.
Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings.2.
6.
To remove, as differences or dissension; to reconcile, as parties at variance; as, to heal a breach or difference.
7.
In Scripture, to forgive; to cure moral disease and restore soundness.
I will heal their backsliding. Hos.14.
8.
To purify from corruptions, redress grievances and restore to prosperity. Jer.14.
9.
To cover, as a roof with tiles, slate, lead, &c.

HEAL

,
Verb.
I.
To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; sometimes with up or over; it will heal up or over.

Definition 2024


heal

heal

English

Alternative forms

Verb

heal (third-person singular simple present heals, present participle healing, simple past hole or healed, past participle holen or healed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To hide; conceal; keep secret.
  2. (transitive) To cover, as for protection.

Etymology 2

From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (to heal, cure, save, greet, salute), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (to heal, make whole, save), from Proto-Indo-European *koil- (safe, unharmed). Cognate with Scots hale, hail (to heal), Saterland Frisian heila, heilen (to heal), West Frisian hielje, Dutch helen (to heal), German heilen (to heal), Danish hele, Swedish hela (to heal). More at whole.

Verb

heal (third-person singular simple present heals, present participle healing, simple past and past participle healed)

  1. (transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
    This bandage will heal your cut.
    • Bible, Matthew viii. 8
      Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
  2. (intransitive) To become better.
    Bandages allow cuts to heal.
  3. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
    to heal dissensions
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Noun

heal (countable and uncountable, plural heals)

  1. (role-playing games, countable) A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.
    • 2004, Computer Gaming World (volumes 234-237, page 81)
      Also, various interesting spells have been added—for instance, with the Orb spell, you can circle a character, firing offensive bolts or casting heals, and free up a mage-type to cast other spells or even melee.
    • 2009, Paul Emmerich, Beginning Lua with World of Warcraft Add-ons (page 351)
      The following macro checks whether our current target is friendly and casts a heal on it if so; otherwise it casts the heal on the target's target []
    • 2012, Constance Steinkuehler, ‎Kurt Squire, ‎Sasha Barab, Games, Learning, and Society
      Synner, a priest walking by, sees her struggling and casts a heal on her.
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) health
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

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Scots

Noun

heal (uncountable)

  1. health

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian half, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Compare English half, Dutch half, German halb, Danish halv.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪːl/

Adjective

heal

  1. half