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   Heal , 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 ; 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.]
   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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   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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   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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   To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
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   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.
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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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