Word Direct Answers

What does "heal" mean?

Heal: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.2. 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.
  2. 3.3. To restore to original purity or integrity. Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings ii.
  3. 4.4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
  4. 5.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.
  5. 6.Health. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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