heal

Definitions

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

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 3. To restore to original purity or integrity. Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings ii called?
• What is 4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions called?
• What is 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 called?