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hale
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{adj} {v}
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Definition:1. {adj} strong and healthy, normally describing an older person2. {v} to forcibly drag
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He had a hale and hearty appearance, luxuriant grey whiskers, the manners of a well-bred man, and a loud, pleasant voice.
Anton Chekhov. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
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There, smoking his pipe in the old place by the kitchen firelight, as hale and as strong as ever, though a little gray, sat Joe;
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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I twisted my imagination into a thousand tangles, as I devised incredible ways of accounting for that damnatory circumstance when I should be haled before the Judges.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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