Heal, v. t. [See Hele.]
To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
[Obs.]
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Heal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Healing.] [OE. helen, haelen, AS. h�xd6;lan, fr. hal hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. h&emac;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
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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.
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Heal, n. [AS. hlu, hl. See Heal, v. t.]
Health.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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