Heal



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 治愈
• ［类］ 反义词: fester ( 溃烂)

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English helen, from Old English h?lan; akin to Old High German heilen to heal, Old English hāl whole — more at whole
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to make sound or whole <heal a wound>
    • b. to restore to health
  • 2.
    • a. to cause (an undesirable condition) to be overcome ; mend <the troubles…had not been forgotten, but they had been healed — William Power>
    • b. to patch up (a breach or division) <heal a breach between friends>
  • 3. to restore to original purity or integrity <healed of sin>
• intransitive verb
  • to return to a sound state

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