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Hale   /heɪl/   Listen
Hale

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).  Synonym: Nathan Hale.
2.
United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938).  Synonym: George Ellery Hale.
3.
Prolific United States writer (1822-1909).  Synonym: Edward Everett Hale.
verb
(past & past part. haled; pres. part. haling)
1.
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :.  Synonyms: coerce, force, pressure, squeeze.  "He squeezed her for information"
2.
Draw slowly or heavily.  Synonyms: cart, drag, haul.  "Haul nets"
adjective
(Written also hail)
1.
Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.  Synonym: whole.  "Whole in mind and body" , "A whole person again"



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"Hale" Quotes from Famous Books



... discovered their concealed foe. The targeteers had posted themselves in such order, as far as the breadth of the valley allowed, that they easily gave a passage to their flying friends, through openings in their ranks; then starting up themselves, hale, fresh, and in regular order, they briskly attacked the enemy, whose ranks were broken, who were scattered in confusion, and were, besides, exhausted with fatigue and wounds. The victory was no longer doubtful; the tyrant's troops instantly turned their backs, and flying with much more ...
— History of Rome, Vol III • Titus Livius

... millionaire entertained Edward Everett Hale with other guests at a dinner. The host was not only hospitable, but wished every one to know his liberality. During the meal, he extolled the various viands, and did not hesitate to give their value in dollars and cents. In speaking of some ...
— Jokes For All Occasions - Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers • Anonymous

... nature by closer and more vital sympathy than any other poet of the modern world, Alberti felt the charm of excellent old age no less than that of florid youth. 'On old men gifted with a noble presence and hale and vigorous, he gazed again and again, and said that he revered in them the delights of nature (naturae delitias).' Beasts and birds and all living creatures moved him to admiration for the grace with which they had been gifted, ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete - Series I, II, and III • John Symonds

... That's Walter Ewbank. [F] He had as white a head and fresh a cheek As ever were produced by youth and age 210 Engendering in the blood of hale fourscore. Through five [24] long generations had the heart Of Walter's forefathers o'erflowed the bounds Of their inheritance, that single cottage— You see it yonder! and those few green fields. 215 They toiled and wrought, and still, from ...
— The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. II. • William Wordsworth

... dear," he said. "It is my fault entirely that the boy is in this state, and if such knowledge as I possess can save him, he shall come down hale and strong once more." ...
— Quicksilver - The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel • George Manville Fenn


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