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heal
(redirected from healable)

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heal someone of something
to cure someone's ailments. Are you the doctor who healed me of my wounds? Can any doctor heal us of a common cold?

heal over

[for the surface of a wound] to heal. The wound healed over very quickly, and there was very little scarring. I hope it will heal over without having to be stitched.

heal up

[for an injury] to heal. The cut healed up in no time at all.
See also: up

Physician, heal thyself.

Prov. Do not rebuke someone for a fault or problem you have yourself. (Biblical.) Ellen: You're such a spendthrift. You should go on a strict budget. Fred: But you manage money even worse than I do! Physician, heal thyself. Jane: You look like you're gaining weight. You should probably get more exercise. Alan: Physician, heal thyself. You're getting a little pudgy, too.
See also: thyself
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If beneath appearances, Silone was a real secret police informer, then that would be only a comment on the hateful demands totalitarianism makes on the individual--or to put it another way, some wounds to the human soul go deep, too deep to be understood, let alone healable.
The exemplar: Ignazio Silone by Pryce-Jones, David / New Criterion
The technology offers the unique ability to fix certain applications not originally deployed by Intel LANDesk products and, unlike most application healing products, LANDesk does not require the user to re-deploy applications to make them healable.
Intel Announces Application Healing, Enhancement Pack for Intel ... by Business Wire
 
 
 
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