heal

noun

(roleplaying games, countable) A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.

(roleplaying games, video games, in the plural) Healing; an instance of restoration of health or hit points.

A surname.

(obsolete, uncountable) health

verb

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

(intransitive) To become better or healthy again.

(transitive, figurative) To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.

(rare) Alternative form of hele (“conceal”). [(rare, now chiefly dialectal or archaic) To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).]

Roots

haelanheal- · Old English · make whole

Synonyms for heal

mendv curen cicatrizev recuperatev recoverv remedyn restorev repairn rejuvenatev treatv

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Where does heal come from?

The word heal breaks down into one root of Old English origin: the root heal-, from Old English haelan (“make whole”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.