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  5  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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