hale

1. a. Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Source: opted

2. n. Welfare. Source: opted

3. v. t. To pull; to drag; to haul. Source: opted

4. adj. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health Source: wordnet

5. v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means Source: wordnet

6. v. draw slowly or heavily Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

8. Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift. Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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