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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Healed p. pr. & vb. n. Healing. ] [ OE. helen, hælen, AS. h&aemacr_;lan, fr. hāl hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. hēlian, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Matt. viii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will heal their backsliding. Hos. xiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To restore to original purity or integrity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings ii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Hele. ] To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. h&aemacr_;lu, h&aemacr_;l. See Heal, v. t. ] Health. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being healed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A common herb of the Mint family (Brunella vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought to be a panacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. Heddle. ] A heddle. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, heals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or serving to heal; healing. [ Obs. ] Ecclus. xv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]