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hale

[heyl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

haler, halest

free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous.
hale and hearty men in the prime of life.
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hale

[heyl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

haled, haling

to compel (someone) to go.
to hale a man into court.
to haul; pull.

hale

[hah-ley]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.

Hale

⁴

[heyl]

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noun

Edward Everett, 1822–1909, U.S. clergyman and author.
George Ellery 1868–1938, U.S. astronomer.
Sir Matthew, 1609–76, British jurist: Lord Chief Justice 1671–76.
Nathan, 1755–76, American soldier hanged as a spy by the British during the American Revolution.
Sarah Josepha 1788–1879, U.S. editor and author.

Hale

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

George Ellery. 1868–1938, US astronomer: undertook research into sunspots and invented the spectroheliograph
Sir Matthew. 1609–76, English judge and scholar; Lord Chief Justice (1671–76)

hale

/ ��ɪ�� /

adjective

healthy and robust (esp in the phrase hale and hearty )
dialect��whole

hale

/ ��ɪ�� /

verb

(tr) to pull or drag; haul

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Other Word Forms

haleness noun
haler noun
ˈ�󲹱��Ա�� noun
ˈ�󲹱�� noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hale¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English (northern and Scottish); Old English �� “sound, uninjured”; whole, heal ( def. )

Origin of hale²

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English hal(l)en, hailen “to drag, pull,” from Old French haler, from Germanic; compare Dutch halen “to pull, fetch”; akin to Old English geholian “to get, obtain,” German holen “to fetch”; haul

Origin of hale³

First recorded in 1885–90; from Hawaiian; literally, “house, hall, building”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hale¹

Old English ��æ�� _whole

Origin of hale²

C13: from Old French haler, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German �󲹱�ō�� to fetch, Old English geholian to acquire

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Example Sentences

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He has gone to lengths to appear hale, skiing with a professional snowboarder and with an Olympic gold medalist who called him a “ripper” as they raced down the mountain.

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During the 1918–19 flu pandemic, however, doctors and other observers noted a high death toll among young, presumably hale adults.

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Keep that in mind when taking the pulse of broadcast and cable in its current state, which is far from hale and hearty.

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“Unsurprisingly, corporations did not relish the prospect of being haled into court for any claim anywhere they conducted business,” he wrote.

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Gaining any new clarity about surging reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, will take time, better data gathering and diagnostic tools and, perhaps most importantly, a hale and hearty dose of nit-picking scientific scrutiny.

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