Heal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed p. pr. & vb. n. Healing.]
1. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.
Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. --Matt. viii. 8.
2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.
I will heal their backsliding. --Hos. xiv. 4.
3. To restore to original purity or integrity.
Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. --2 Kings ii. 21.
4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
healed
adj : freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured";
"the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely
recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to
remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon
Cameron [syn: cured, recovered]