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[heel] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment. |
| 2. | to bring to an end or conclusion, as conflicts between people or groups, usually with the strong implication of restoring former amity; settle; reconcile: They tried to heal the rift between them but were unsuccessful. |
| 3. | to free from evil; cleanse; purify: to heal the soul. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to effect a cure. |
| 5. | (of a wound, broken bone, etc.) to become whole or sound; mend; get well (often fol. by up or over). |
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| heal (hēl) v. healed, heal·ing, heals v. tr.
To become whole and sound; return to health. [Middle English healen, from Old English hǣlan; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.] heal'a·ble adj. |
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Heal
Heal\, v. t. [See Hele.] To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [Obs.]Heal
Heal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed; 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. Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. --Matt. viii. 8. 2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound. I will heal their backsliding. --Hos. xiv. 4. 3. To restore to original purity or integrity. Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. --2 Kings ii. 21. 4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.Heal
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. Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. --Shak.Heal
Heal\, n. [AS. h?lu, h?l. See Heal, v. t.] Health. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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heal
O.E. hælan "make whole, sound and well," from P.Gmc. *khailaz (cf. O.S. helian, O.N. heila, O.Fris. hela, Du. heelen, Ger. heilen), lit. "to make whole," which is also the source of O.E. hal (see health). Heal-all as a native word for "panacea" is attested from 1577; applied to various plants since 1853.
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Main Entry: heal
Pronunciation: 'hE(&)l
Function: transitive verb
1 : to make sound or whole especially in bodily condition
2 : to cure of disease or disorder <heal injured tissues> heal intransitive senses
1 : to return to a sound state
2 : to effect a cure —heal·er /'hE-l&r/ noun
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heal (hēl)
v. healed, heal·ing, heals
- To restore to health or soundness; cure.
- To become well; return to sound health.
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