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healing

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heal  (hl)
v. healed, heal·ing, heals
v.tr.
1. To restore to health or soundness; cure. See Synonyms at cure.
2. To set right; repair: healed the rift between us.
3. To restore (a person) to spiritual wholeness.
v.intr.
To become whole and sound; return to health.
[Middle English healen, from Old English hlan; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]
heala·ble adj.
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Noun1.healinghealing - the natural process by which the body repairs itself
bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"
convalescence, recuperation, recovery - gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
conglutination, union - healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
Adj.1.healing - tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
alterative, curative, sanative, therapeutic, remedial
healthful - conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"
healing
adjective restoring, medicinal, therapeutic, remedial, restorative, curative, analeptic, sanative


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It was the healing of a fourteen-year-old boy, whose mother brought him to Father Sergius insisting that he should lay his hand on the child's head.
Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The Wolf, being thus fearfully mauled, said, "I am rightly served, for why did I attempt the art of healing, when my father only taught me the trade of a butcher?
Fables by Aesop View in context
Well,' answered the first raven, 'my eyes are in no want of this healing bath, for, Heaven be praised, they are as good as ever they were; but my wing has been very feeble and weak ever since it was shot by an arrow many years ago, so let us fly at once to the lake that I may be restored to health and strength again.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
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