healing

4 definitions found

healing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Healing \Heal"ing\, a.
     Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a
     healing salve; healing words.
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           Here healing dews and balms abound.      --Keble.
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  Heal \Heal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed (h[=e]ld); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Healing.] [OE. helen, h[ae]len, AS. h[=ae]lan, fr.
     h[=a]l hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. h[=e]lian, D. heelen,
     G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See Whole.]
     1. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease,
        wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or
        health.
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              Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
                                                    --Matt. viii.
                                                    8.
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     2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; --
        said of a disease or a wound.
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              I will heal their backsliding.        --Hos. xiv. 4.
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     3. To restore to original purity or integrity.
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              Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. --2
                                                    Kings ii. 21.
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     4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to
        free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
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healing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  healing
      adj 1: 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" [syn:
             curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial,
             sanative, therapeutic]
      n 1: the natural process by which the body repairs itself

healing - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "healing":
     adjuvant, alterative, analeptic, corrective, curative, cure,
     curing, divine healing, faith healing, iatric, medicative,
     medicinal, nonmedical therapy, remedial, remedy, restorative,
     sanative, sanatory, theotherapy, therapeutic, therapy, theriac,
     vulnerary, wholesome