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1. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
   "hale and hearty";
   - whole

1. To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
   "He haled her for information";
   - coerce, squeeze, pressure, force
    
2. Draw slowly or heavily
   "hale stones";
   - haul, cart, drag

1. United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
   - George Ellery Hale
    
2. 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)
   - Nathan Hale
    
3. Prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
   - Edward Everett Hale

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Derived forms: haling, haled, haler, halest, hales

See also: healthy

Type of: American Revolutionary leader, astronomer, author, compel, draw, obligate, oblige, pull, stargazer, uranologist, writer

Encyclopedia: Hale, Ontario