healing

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heal⋅ing

[hee-ling]

–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

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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.

To restore to health or soundness; cure. See Synonyms at cure.
To set right; repair: healed the rift between us.
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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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 heals>
2 : to effect a cure —heal·er /'hE-l&r/ noun

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>

Medical Dictionary

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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