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Hale

UK/heɪl/ US/ˈheɪl/ fairly common
noun (3) adjective (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country'' (1755-1776)

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2.

United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)

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3.

prolific United States writer (1822-1909)

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adjective

1.

exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

  • “hale and hearty”
  • “whole in mind and body”
  • “a whole person again”
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verb

1.

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

  • “He squeezed her for information”
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2.

draw slowly or heavily

  • “haul stones”
  • “haul nets”
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Origin

From Middle English halen, from Anglo-Norman haler, from Old Dutch *halon (compare Dutch halen), from Proto-Germanic *halōną (compare Old English ġeholian, West Frisian helje, German holen), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to lift”) (compare Latin ex-cellō (“to surpass”), Tocharian B käly- (“to stand, stay”), Albanian qell (“to halt, hold up, carry”), Lithuanian kélti (“to raise up”), Ancient Greek κελέοντες (keléontes, “upright beam on a loom”)). Doublet of haul.

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