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heal

verb

  1. to cure, treat, repair, restore, recover, undo harm, (cause to) be free from injury or illness
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhiːl/ / [ˈhɪi̯l]

name

Etymology: English surname, variant of Hale.

  1. A surname.

noun

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. 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”).

  1. A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.

    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.

    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 […]

  2. Healing; an instance of restoration of health or hit points.

    Give me heals! I need healing!

  3. health

verb

Etymology: See hele.

  1. Alternative form of hele (“conceal”).

    "Heal, conceal and keep secret."

    '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.'