[heal] vb [ME helen, fr. OE haelan; akin to OHG heilen to heal, OE hal whole--more at whole] vt (bef. 12c) 1 a: to make sound or whole "~ 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 ~ed --William Power" b: to patch up (a breach or division) "~ a breach between friends"
3: to restore to original purity or integrity "~ed of sin" ~ vi: to return to a sound state