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   heal

   /hiːl/

   verb

   • 1. cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again: "his concern is to heal sick people" Similar make bettermake wellcuretreat successfullyrestore to healthget someone back on their feetput someone on the road to recoverymake goodmendremedyrestoreOpposite make worse
   • ▪ become sound or healthy again: "the bullet wounds had healed" Similar get betterget wellbe curedbecome healthyrecovermendbe on the mendimproveshow improvementbe restoredOpposite get worse
   • ▪ alleviate (a person's distress or anguish): "time can heal the pain of grief" Similar alleviateassuagepalliaterelieveameliorateeasehelpsoftenlessenmitigateattenuateallaysalveOpposite aggravate
   • ▪ correct or put right (an undesirable situation): "the rift between them was never really healed" Similar put rightset rightput to rightsrepairremedyresolvecorrectsettlemake goodpatch upsootheconciliatereconcileharmonizeOpposite worsen

   Word Origin Old Englishhǣlan (in the sense ‘restore to sound health’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heelen and German heilen, also to whole.

   Derivatives

   • 1. healable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English heal heal / hiːl / verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 (also heal up) HEALTHY if a wound or a broken bone heals or is healed, the flesh, skin, or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again It took three months for my arm to heal properly. 2 CURE to make someone who is ill become healthy again, especially by using natural powers or prayer ...