hale

Definitions


[heɪl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of an old person) strong and healthy
(e.g: he's only just sixty, very hale and hearty)


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Origin:
Middle English, northern variant of Old English hal whole


[heɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- drag or draw forcibly
(e.g: he haled an old man out of the audience)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French haler, from Old Norse hala




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