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hale

1   [heyl]
adjective, hal·er, hal·est.
free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English (north); Old English hāl whole

Related forms
hale·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. sound, healthy,

Antonyms
1. sickly.

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  • Hale has the best antecedents, and has been favored with the best course of training to fit him for his chosen work.
  • Indeed, many boffins are irked by how hale and hearty the venerable model is proving.
  • We traveled to the west side of kauai to a secluded beach named poli hale a couple of hours before sunset.
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hale

2   [heyl]
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; Middle English halen < Middle French haler < Germanic; compare Dutch halen to pull, fetch; akin to Old English geholian to get, German holen to fetch. See haul

Related forms
hal·er, noun

ha·le

3   [hah-ley]
noun
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
Origin:
< Hawaiian; house, building

Hale

   [heyl]
noun
1.
Edward Everett, 1822–1909, U.S. clergyman and author.
2.
George El·ler·y  [el-uh-ree] , 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  [joh-see-fuh] , 1788–1879, U.S. editor and author.
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hale1 (heɪl)
 
—adj
1.  healthy and robust (esp in the phrase hale and hearty)
2.  dialect (Scot), (Northern English) whole
 
[Old English hælwhole]
 
'haleness1
 
—n

hale2 (heɪl)
 
—vb
(tr) to pull or drag; haul
 
[C13: from Old French haler, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German halōn to fetch, Old English geholian to acquire]
 
'haler2
 
—n

Hale (heɪl)
 
—n
1.  George Ellery. 1868--1938, US astronomer: undertook research into sunspots and invented the spectroheliograph
2.  Sir Matthew. 1609--76, English judge and scholar; Lord Chief Justice (1671--76)

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hale
"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
"drag, summon," c.1200, from O.Fr. haler "to pull, haul," from Frankish *halon or O.Du. halen, both from P.Gmc.; probably also from O.E. geholian "obtain" (see haul).
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