heal

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To become healthy again after an injury or illness.

   The wound is healing slowly but well.

2. 2
   verb

   To make a person or part of the body healthy again.

   This bandage will help to heal your cut.

3. 3
   verb

   To repair a relationship or end a disagreement.

   It took years to heal the rift between the two families.

From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal, make whole, save”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). Derived from the adjective at hand in whole. Cognates Cognate with Scots hale, hail (“to heal”), Saterland Frisian heila, heilen (“to heal”), West Frisian hielje, Dutch helen (“to heal”), German heilen (“to heal”), Danish hele, Swedish hela (“to heal”), and further Russian цели́ть (celítʹ, “to heal”), Polish calić (“to save”), Czech celit (“to heal”), Ser…

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