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enjoying health and vigor
- still hale and strong at 80, often outdoing his younger golfing buddies
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hale
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of hale (Entry 2 of 2)
to cause to follow by applying steady force on
- the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship
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The first known use of hale was in the 13th century
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