Healful

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending or serving to heal; health-promoting; healing.

    "healful remedies"

  2. 2
    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."

  3. 3
    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, […]"

Synonyms

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salubrioussalutarysalutary

Example

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"As for psychogenic death, this will be the case when three supplementary, in this case, healful conditions are fulfilled: […]"

Etymology

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

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