Hypertext Webster Gateway: "healing"

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)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

healing
adj : tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of
herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial
surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and
fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
[syn: {curative}, {healing(p)}, {alterative}, {remedial},
{sanative}, {therapeutic}]
n : the natural process by which the body repairs itself


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