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heal

  • verb
  • /ˈhiːl/

To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

Example

“This bandage will help to heal your cut.”

Other meanings

  1. To become better or healthy again.

    “Bandages allow cuts to heal.”

  2. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.

Example sentences

  • “She found purpose in teaching others how to heal.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "hǣlan" (to heal, cure, save, greet, salute).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “heal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.