Thesaurus: hale

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1. a. Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
2. n. Welfare.
3. v. t. To pull; to drag; to haul.
4. adj. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
5. v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
6. v. draw slowly or heavily
7. Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift. Welfare. [Obs.] All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser. Etym: [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.] 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.
8. Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.
9. n. a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776) n. United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938) n. prolific United States writer (1822-1909) s. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health