heal
//ˈhiːl//
Forms
- present (v1)
- heal
- past (v2)
- healed
- past participle (v3)
- healed
- present participle
- healing
- 3rd person singular
- heals
- Plural
- heals
Definitions
1.To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- This bandage will help to heal your cut.
- Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
2.To become better or healthy again.
- Bandages allow cuts to heal.
3.To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
1.A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.
- Synner, a priest walking by, sees her struggling and casts a heal on her.
- 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.
2.Healing; an instance of restoration of health or hit points.
- Give me heals! I need healing!
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4101
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
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.