heal

transitive verb

1. to make sound, well, or healthy again; restore to health: heal the sick
2. 1. to cure or get rid of (a disease)
   2. to cause (a wound, sore, etc.) to become closed or scarred so as to restore a healthy condition
3. to free from grief, troubles, evil, etc.
4. 1. to remedy or get rid of (grief, troubles, etc.)
   2. to make up (a breach, differences, etc.); reconcile

Origin: ME helen < OE hælan (akin to Ger heilen) < base of hal, sound, healthy: see hale, whole

intransitive verb

1. to become well or healthy again; be cured
2. to become closed or scarred: said of a wound