Guarish

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To heal or cure. obsolete, transitive

    "[T]he Mayd / His readie vvound with better ſalues new dreſt, / Daily ſhe dreſſed him, and did the beſt / His grieuous hurt to guariſh, that ſhe might, […]"

Example

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"[T]he Mayd / His readie vvound with better ſalues new dreſt, / Daily ſhe dreſſed him, and did the beſt / His grieuous hurt to guariſh, that ſhe might, […]"

Etymology

From the stem of Old French guarir, garir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.

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