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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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 *koyl- (“safe, unharmed”). 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”),
Serbo-Croatian céliti (“to heal”).
Verb
heal (third-person singular simple present heals, present participle healing, simple past and past participle healed)
- (transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
This bandage will help to heal your cut.
- (intransitive) To become better or healthy again.
Bandages allow cuts to heal.
- (transitive, figurative) To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
- to heal dissensions
1945, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Global Alphabet: Hearing Before the Committee..., page 69:English spelling, although unphonetic and antiphonetic, was inherited from our ancestors and has served magnificently in the glorious past. The weak spot in English spelling, however, can be easily healed with the global alphabet.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
make better
- Albanian: ngjallë, shëroj (sq),
- Amharic: ዳነ (danä)
- Arabic: شَفَى (šafā)
- Armenian: բուժել (hy) (bužel)
- Aromanian: vindic
- Azerbaijani: sağaltmaq (az)
- Belarusian: лячы́ць impf (ljačýcʹ), вы́лечыць pf (výlječycʹ)
- Bulgarian: леку́вам (bg) impf (lekúvam), излеку́вам (bg) pf (izlekúvam), церя́ (bg) impf (cerjá), изцеря́вам (bg) pf (izcerjávam)
- Catalan: guarir (ca), curar (ca), remeiar (ca); cicatritzar (ca) (una ferida)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 醫治/医治 (zh) (yīzhì)
- Czech: léčit (cs) impf, vyléčit (cs) pf, uzdravit pf
- Dalmatian: medcur
- Dutch: genezen (nl), helen (nl), beter maken
- Finnish: parantaa (fi)
- French: guérir (fr), assainir (fr)
- Georgian: განკურნება (ganḳurneba), შეხორცება (šexorceba), მოკეთება (moḳeteba)
- German: heilen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hailjan)
- Greek: θεραπεύω (el) (therapévo)
- Ancient Greek: ἀκέομαι (akéomai)
- Ancient: ἰάομαι (iáomai), θεραπεύω (therapeúō)
- Hebrew: שיפר \ שִׁפֵּר (he) (shipér)
- Hungarian: gyógyít (hu), meggyógyít (hu), begyógyít (hu)
- Ido: risanigar (io)
- Irish: cneasaigh
- Italian: guarire (it), sanare (it)
- Japanese: 癒す (ja) (いやす, iyasu), 治す (ja) (なおす, naosu)
- Khmer: បន្សះ (km) (bɑnsah), ផ្សះ (km) (phsah)
- Korean: 치료하다 (ko) (chiryohada), 고치다 (ko) (gochida)
- Latin: sano (la), medico (la), curo (la), medeor (la), salvo
- Luxembourgish: heelen
- Macedonian: лечи impf (leči), излечи pf (izleči), лекува impf (lekuva), излекува pf (izlekuva)
- Maori: whakamahu, haumanu, whakareka, whakaoraora, whakamātūtū
- Marathi: बरे करणे (bare karṇe)
- Norwegian: hele (no), kurere
- Bokmål: helbrede (no)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: лѣчити impf (lěčiti)
- Old English: hælan
- Old Saxon: helian
- Persian: درمان کردن (fa) (darmân kardan), شفا دادن (šafâ dâdan), بهبود دادن (behbud dâdan)
- Piedmontese: sané
- Polish: leczyć (pl) impf, wyleczyć (pl) pf, uzdrawiać (pl) impf, uzdrowić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: curar (pt), sanar (pt), sarar (pt)
- Quechua: allinyachiy, hampiy
- Romanian: vindeca (ro)
- Russian: лечи́ть (ru) impf (lečítʹ), вы́лечить (ru) pf (výlečitʹ), излечи́ть (ru) pf (izlečítʹ), исцеля́ть (ru) impf (isceljátʹ), исцели́ть (ru) pf (iscelítʹ)
- Sanskrit: भिषक्ति (bhiṣakti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ле́чити impf, лије́чити impf, изле́чити pf, лије́чити impf, излије́чити pf, це́лити impf, исце́лити pf, ције́лити impf, исције́лити pf, исцељи́вати impf, исцјељи́вати impf
- Roman: léčiti (sh) impf, liječiti (sh) impf, izléčiti (sh) pf, izlijéčiti pf, céliti (sh) impf, iscéliti pf, cijéliti (sh) impf, iscijéliti (sh) pf, isceljívati (sh) impf, iscjeljívati (sh) impf
- Slovak: liečiť impf, vyliečiť pf
- Slovene: zdraviti impf, ozdraviti pf, pozdraviti (sl) pf
- Somali: bogsii
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: gójś impf, wustrowiś pf
- Spanish: curar (es), sanar (es)
- Swahili: kuponya
- Swedish: läka (sv)
- Turkish: iyileştirmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: лікува́ти impf (likuváty), ви́лікувати pf (výlikuvaty), зцілюва́ти (zciljuváty), зціли́ти (zcilýty)
- Yiddish: היילן (heyln)
- Zazaki: wes kerden
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become better
- Arabic: شُفِيَ (šufiya)
- Bulgarian: зара́ствам impf (zarástvam) (of wounds), излеку́вам се (bg) pf (izlekúvam se)
- Catalan: guarir-se, posar-se bo, sanar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 愈合 (zh) (yùhé)
- Esperanto: resaniĝi
- Finnish: parantua (fi)
- French: guérir (fr)
- Georgian: მოკეთება (moḳeteba)
- German: verheilen (de), heilen (de), abheilen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gahailnan)
- Greek: αναρρώνω (el) (anarróno)
- Hebrew: השתפר (hishtapér)
- Hungarian: gyógyul (hu), meggyógyul (hu)
- Irish: cneasaigh
- Japanese: 治る (ja) (なおる, naoru)
- Korean: 치료되다 (ko) (chiryodoeda), 낫다 (ko) (natda)
- Latin: corrigo, sano (la), medico (la), curo (la), medeor (la), persano, salvo, persano (perfectly)
- Luxembourgish: heelen
- Maori: tumahu, mātūtū
- Marathi: बरे होणे (bare hoṇe)
- Norwegian: bli frisk
- Portuguese: sarar (pt)
- Romanian: se vindeca
- Russian: зажива́ть (ru) impf (zaživátʹ), зажи́ть (ru) pf (zažítʹ), зараста́ть (ru) impf (zarastátʹ), зарасти́ (ru) pf (zarastí) (to skin over (of a wound))
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: žyś impf
- Spanish: curarse, curar (es), sanar (es), cicatrizar (es)
- Swedish: läka (sv)
- Turkish: iyileşmek (tr)
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- Czech: (please verify) hojit
- Dutch: (please verify) helen (nl), (please verify) genezen (nl)
- French: (please verify) guérir (fr), (please verify) traiter (fr)
- Japanese: (please verify) 治す (ja) (なおす, naosu), (please verify) 治る (ja) (なおる, naoru), (please verify) 癒す (ja) (いやす, iyasu), (please verify) 癒える (ja) (いえる, ieru), (please verify) 治療する (ちりょうする, chiryou suru), (please verify) 治癒する (ちゆする, chiyu suru)
- Mandarin: (please verify) 痊癒/痊愈 (zh) (quányù), (please verify) 痊愈 (zh) (quanyu), (please verify) 治癒/治愈 (zh) (zhìyù), (please verify) 治愈 (zh) (zhiyu), (please verify) 癒合/愈合 (zh) (yùhé), (please verify) 愈合 (zh) (yuhe)
- Persian: (please verify) شفا دادن، شفا یافتن، بهبود پیدا کردن، بهبود یافتن، خوب شدن
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Noun
heal (countable and uncountable, plural heals)
- (roleplaying games, countable) A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.
2004, Computer Gaming World, volumes 234-237, page 81:Also, various interesting spells have been added—for instance, with the Orb spell, you can circle a character, firing offensive bolts or casting heals, and free up a mage-type to cast other spells or even melee.
2009, Paul Emmerich, Beginning Lua with World of Warcraft Add-ons, page 351:The following macro checks whether our current target is friendly and casts a heal on it if so; otherwise it casts the heal on the target's target […]
2012, Constance Steinkuehler, Kurt Squire, Sasha Barab, Games, Learning, and Society:Synner, a priest walking by, sees her struggling and casts a heal on her.
- (obsolete, uncountable) health
Etymology 2
See hele.
Verb
heal (third-person singular simple present heals, present participle healing, simple past and past participle healed)
- (rare) Alternative form of hele (“conceal”).
1907, John. H. Brownell, Arthur Maurice Smith, Joseph E. Morcombe, The American Tyler-Keystone: Devoted to Freemasonry, page 6:"Heal, conceal and keep secret."
1998, Clive Richardson, The Horse Breakers, page 212:'I swear before God and all these witnesses that I will always heal, conceal and never reveal any art or part of this secret of horsemanry which is to be revealed to me at this time or any other time hereafter.'
2015, Lee Morgan, The Bones Would Do: Book Two of the Christopher Penrose Novels:The man in black asked Christopher for the secret passwords he'd been given and he answered correctly. As soon as he had, Christopher felt the point of a blade at his throat. “Do you swear to heal, conceal and never reveal the secrets of the witching arts for all your days […] ?"
Anagrams
Estonian
Adjective
heal
- adessive singular of hea
Scots
Etymology
From Old English hǣlth, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *hail.
Noun
heal (uncountable)
- (obsolete) health
References
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian half, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
heal
- half
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “heal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Noun
heal
- Alternative form of heale
1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:Heal, griue, an kin, apaa thee, graacuse Forth,- Health, wealth, and regard upon thee, gracious Forth,
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 45