healful

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healful

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From Middle English heeleful, heleful, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -ful. Compare healless.

adjective more healful · most healful

Tending or serving to heal; health-promoting; healing. healful remedies
Full of health or safety; healthy; whole; sound; safe. […] I believe my Father catched [sic] cold on his journey, tho' he was otherways a very strong healful man, for on his return to Pennicuik a boile broke out between his shoulders, which in a very few days turn'd to a Mortification.
Affording health or salvation. […] since Christ will not fail to minister, himself, all lawful and healful sacraments, and necessary at all time, and especially at the end, […]

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@misc{healful_2026,
  title = {healful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/healful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}