Heal
Heal (hēl) , transitive verb
[See Hele.]
To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [Obsolete]
Heal (hēld) , transitive verb
[Old English helen, halen, Anglo-Saxon halan, from hāl hale, sound, whole; akin to Old Saxon hēlian, Dutch heelen, German heilen, Gothic 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.
2.
To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.
I will heal their backsliding.
3.
To restore to original purity or integrity.
Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters.
4.
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
Heal (hēl) , intransitive verb
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.
Heal , noun
[Anglo-Saxon halu, hal. See Heal, transitive verb]
Health. [Obsolete] — Chaucer