GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Heal (hēl), v. t. [See Hele.] To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [Obs.]
   
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   Heal, v. 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.
   
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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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   Heal (hēl), 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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   Heal, n. [AS. hǣlu, hǣl. See Heal, v. t.] Health. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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