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heal⋅ing

  [hee-ling]
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–adjective
1. curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
2. growing sound; getting well; mending.
–noun
3. the act or process of regaining health: a new drug to accelerate healing.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME heelyng (adj.), helynge (n.), OE hǣlinge (n.). See heal, -ing 2 , -ing 1

Related forms:
heal⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Dr Aminzadeh
 ABPN Board Certified Psychiatrist Child.Adolescent.Adult.Addiction
 www.BNIclinics.com
Santa MonicaTherapist
 Santa Monica Psychotherapist 19h & Wilshire in Santa Monica
 www.DrAaronBerger.com

heal

  [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).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME helen, OE hǣlan (c. D helen, G heilen, ON heila, Goth hailjan), deriv. of hāl hale 1 , whole

Related forms:
heal⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See cure. 2. compose, soothe. 3. purge, disinfect.

Antonyms:
1, 2. irritate. 3. soil, infect.
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heal   (hēl)   
v.   healed, heal·ing, heals

v.   tr.
  1. To restore to health or soundness; cure. See Synonyms at cure.
  2. To set right; repair: healed the rift between us.
  3. To restore (a person) to spiritual wholeness.
v.   intr.
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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Healing

Heal"ing\, a. Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.

Here healing dews and balms abound. --Keble.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: 1heal·ing
Pronunciation: 'hE-li[ng]
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of curing or of restoring to health
2 : the process of getting well

Main Entry: 2healing
Function: adjective
: tending to heal or cure : CURATIVE healing art>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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