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HALE
hale, whole
(adjective) exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; âhale and heartyâ; âwhole in mind and bodyâ; âa whole person againâ
Hale, Edward Everett Hale
(noun) prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
Hale, George Ellery Hale
(noun) United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
Hale, Nathan Hale
(noun) a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been âI only regret that I have but one life to give for my countryâ (1755-1776)
haul, hale, cart, drag
(verb) draw slowly or heavily; âhaul stonesâ; âhaul netsâ
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
(verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means; âShe forced him to take a job in the cityâ; âHe squeezed her for informationâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
hale (uncountable)
(archaic) Health, welfare.
Etymology 2
Adjective
hale (comparative haler, superlative halest)
(dated) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
Usage notes
• Now rather uncommon, except in the stock phrase hale and hearty.
Antonyms
• unhale
Etymology 3
Verb
hale (third-person singular simple present hales, present participle haling, simple past and past participle haled)
To drag, pull, especially forcibly.
Anagrams
• Aleh, Heal, Hela, Leah, heal
Etymology
Proper noun
Hale
A topographic surname.
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7786).
Anagrams
• Aleh, Heal, Hela, Leah, heal
Source: Wiktionary
Hale, a. Etym: [Written also heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.]
Definition: Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.
Hale, n.
Definition: Welfare. [Obs.] All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser.
Hale (hal or hall; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (hald or halld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.]
Definition: Etym: [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.]
Definition: To pull; to drag; to haul. See Haul. Chaucer. Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. Milton. As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. Shelley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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