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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of heal.

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heal +‎ -est

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Examples

  • But thou, O Lord, ruler of heaven and earth, who changest to thy purposes the deepest floods and controls the turbulent tide of the ages, thou healest one soul by the unsoundness of another; so that no man, when he hears of such a happening, should attribute it to his own power if another person whom he wishes to reform is reformed through a word of his.

    Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955

  • For my strength is brought down in neediness, so that I cannot endure even my blessings until thou, O Lord, who hast been gracious to all my iniquities, also healest all my infirmities -- for it is thou who "shalt redeem my life from corruption, and crown me with loving-kindness and tender mercy, and shalt satisfy my desire with good things so that my youth shall be renewed like the eagle's."

    Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955

  • The Bible says that Thou healest the broken-hearted, and I feel broken-hearted to-night, Lord Jesus, so heal me.

    Left at Home or, The Heart's Resting Place Mary L. Code

  • For, it is said, thou makest the blind to see, and the lame to walk; thou cleansest lepers, thou expellest unclean spirits and demons, thou healest those afflicted with lingering diseases, and thou raisest the dead.

    The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

  • My leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave.

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

  • Thou healest the sick, deliverest from passions and drivest away the godless assaults of the enemies; thou deliverest from calamities those who hymn thee and assuagest the afflictions through thy supplications.

    The General Menaion or the Book of Services Common to the Festivals of our Lord Jesus of the Holy Virgin and of Different Orders of Saints Anonymous 1899

  • Thou sustainest the living with loving-kindness, quickenest the dead with great mercy, supportest the falling, healest the sick, loosest the bound, and keepest Thy faith to them that sleep in the dust.

    Judaism Israel Abrahams 1891

  • 'O Lord, who healest the broken-hearted and bindest up their wounds, grant Thy consolation unto the mourners: put into their hearts the fear and love of Thee, that they may serve Thee with a perfect heart, and let their latter end be peace.

    Judaism Israel Abrahams 1891

  • Nay, if ever thou hast somewhat pained me, forthwith thou healest the hurt, giving a double delight, and I depart with my cup full and running over!

    Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose 300 BC-260 BC Theocritus 1878

  • Thou art the salvation of man, the Lamb without stain, that takest away all the stains of sin, and washest and healest in Thine own most pure Blood, all the corruption and infection of the poisonous serpent.

    Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. c. 1300-1361 1875

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