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hale1    Audio Help   [heyl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, hal·er, hal·est.
free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME (north); OE hāl whole]

haleness, noun

1. sound, healthy,
1. sickly.
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–verb (used with object), haled, hal·ing.
1.to compel (someone) to go: to hale a man into court.
2.to haul; pull.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME halen < MF haler < Gmc; cf. D halen to pull, fetch; akin to OE geholian to get, G holen to fetch. See haul]

haler, noun
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ha·le3    Audio Help   [hah-ley] Pronunciation Key
–noun
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.

[Origin: < Hawaiian; house, building]
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–noun
1.Edward Everett, 1822–1909, U.S. clergyman and author.
2.George El·ler·y    Audio Help   [el-uh-ree] Pronunciation Key, 1868–1938, U.S. astronomer.
3.Sir Matthew, 1609–76, British jurist: Lord Chief Justice 1671–76.
4.Nathan, 1755–76, American soldier hanged as a spy by the British during the American Revolution.
5.Sarah Jo·se·pha    Audio Help   [joh-see-fuh] Pronunciation Key, 1788–1879, U.S. editor and author.
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hale 1    Audio Help   (hāl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   hal·er, hal·est
Free from infirmity or illness; sound. See Synonyms at healthy.


[Middle English, from Old English hāl; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]

hale'ness n.
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hale 2    Audio Help   (hāl)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   haled, hal·ing, hales
  1. To compel to go: "In short order the human rights campaign was haled before a high court of indignation" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
  2. Archaic To pull, draw, drag, or hoist.


[Middle English halen, to pull, drag, from Old French haler, of Germanic origin; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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American Unitarian cleric and writer whose more than 150 literary works include the story "The Man Without a Country" (1863). His sister Lucretia Peabody Hale (1820-1900) wrote two noted children's books, The Peterkin Papers (1880) and The Last of the Peterkins (1886).

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Hale, George Ellery 1868-1938.  
American astrophysicist who invented the spectroheliograph (1891) and directed the Mount Wilson Observatory (1904-1923).

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Hale, Nathan 1755-1776.  
American Revolutionary soldier hanged by the British as a spy. According to tradition, his last words were "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

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Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell 1788-1879.  
American writer and editor of Godey's Lady's Book (1837-1877), the most popular American women's magazine of its time. Her own works include the poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (1830).

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hale  (adj.)
"healthy," O.E. hal "healthy" (see health). The Scottish and northern English form of whole, it was given a literary sense of "free from infirmity" (1734).

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hale  (v.)
"drag, summon," c.1205, from O.Fr. haler "to pull, haul," from Frank. *halon or O.Du. halen, both from P.Gmc.; probably also from O.E. geholian "obtain" (see haul).

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hale

adjective
1. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" 

noun
1. a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been 'I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776) 
2. United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938) 
3. prolific United States writer (1822-1909) 

verb
1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: coerce
2. draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul

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Hale Center, TX (city, FIPS 31820) Location: 34.06472 N, 101.84450 W
Population (1990): 2067 (828 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 79041

Hale County, AL (county, FIPS 65) Location: 32.75576 N, 87.62542 W
Population (1990): 15498 (6370 housing units)
Area: 1667.4 sq km (land), 33.0 sq km (water)

Hale County, TX (county, FIPS 189) Location: 34.07429 N, 101.82604 W
Population (1990): 34671 (13168 housing units)
Area: 2602.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Hale, CO Zip code(s): 80735

Hale, MI Zip code(s): 48739

Hale, MO (city, FIPS 29908) Location: 39.60519 N, 93.34324 W
Population (1990): 480 (239 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64643

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Hale

Ec*cle`si*as"tic\ (?; 277), a. [L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. ? called out, fr. ? to call out; ? out + ? to call. See Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.] Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." --Swift.
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Hale

Hail\, a. Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
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Hale

Hail\, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heil hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.]

1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

2. To name; to designate; to call.

And such a son as all men hailed me happy. --Milton.
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