See Also: Heal(medicine)
self-heal(medicine)
heal(1)(dictionary)
heal(2)(dictionary)
self-heal(dictionary)
self-heal(encyclopedia)
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heal(2) (iou)



heal verb1. [hi:l]

verb trans. Free (a person) from disease or ailment, restore to health (now chiefly by miraculous, spiritual, or psychic means). (Foll. by (arch.) of a disease.) OE.
b. fig. Restore to a sound condition; save from sin, danger, etc. OE.
c. spec. Of a monarch: touch for the 'king's evil'. obsolete exc. Hist. E16.
verb trans. Make whole (a wound); cure (a disease). (Foll. by over, up.) OE.
J. Kosinski Whatever had been broken by the butt of the Kalmuk's rifle was now healed.
b. fig. Repair, correct (an undesirable condition, esp. a breach of relations). ME.
G. Greene I will make you a bet..that..relations are healed and the American Ambassador returns.
verb intrans. Of a wound, a part of the body, etc.: become whole or sound again, esp. by the growth of new tissue; become cured. LME.
B. Emecheta One of his feet had a nasty scar that had healed badly. M. Amis Father's ankle had healed..he now claimed to be fleeter of foot.
Comb.: heal-all (a) a universal remedy, a panacea; (b) any of various plants with reputed healing powers; esp. rose-root, Sedum rosea, and (chiefly US) self-heal, Prunella vulgaris.
healer noun a person who or thing which heals; spec. a faith-healer: ME.
healing ppl adjective that heals; esp. having therapeutic or curative properties: LME.
healingly adverb M19.