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heal
From 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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From 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. [1913 Webster] .
From 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.] [1913 Webster] .
From 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. [1913 Webster] Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. --Matt. viii. 8. [1913 Webster] 2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound. [1913 Webster] I will heal their backsliding. --Hos. xiv. 4. [1913 Webster] 3. To restore to original purity or integrity. [1913 Webster] Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. --2 Kings ii. 21. [1913 Webster] 4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions. [1913 Webster]
