Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heal \Heal\, v. t. [See {Hele}.]
To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
[Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heal \Heal\, n. [AS. h?lu, h?l. See {Heal}, v. t.]
Health. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
heal
v 1: heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" [syn: {mend}]
2: get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly"
3: provide a cure for, make healthy again [syn: {cure}]
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