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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

Etymology

From Middle English helen, hilen, from Old English helan ‎(“to conceal, cover, hide”), from Proto-Germanic *helaną ‎(“to hide, stash”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‎(“to hide, conceal”). Cognate with helmet, Scots heal ‎(“to cover, hide, conceal, keep secret”), Dutch helen ‎(“to conceal”), German hehlen ‎(“to conceal”), Swedish häla ‎(“hide”) and hälare ‎(“fence”) (peddler of stolen goods), Latin cēlō ‎(“conceal”). Related to hole, hull.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Homophones: heel, he'll, hill (in some accents)

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