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to restore to a healthy condition<a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate exercise, and stress management help heal a diseased heart><heal the sick>Synonymscure, mend, rehabilitateRelated Wordsattend (to), care (for), doctor, minister (to), nurse, treat; fortify, rejuvenate, renew, resuscitate, revive; alleviate, fix, relieve, remedy, repairPhrasestake care ofNear Antonymsdamage, disable, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, wound; afflict, ail, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, lay up, sap, sicken, waste, weaken
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to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness<most of the soldiers could go home while they were still healing from their wounds>— see convalesce
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to bring about recovery from<time heals all wounds, even those of the heart>— see cure 1
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