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

Sounds like: hail

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

See also: haleness, healthy

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

Encyclopedia: Hale, Kenneth Hale, Hampshire Hale, MD Hale, Maryland Hale, MO Hale, Halton Hale, Alan Hale Hale, Cheshire Hale, Greater Manchester Hale, Colorado Hale, WI Hale, Utah Hale, Wembley Downs Hale, Wisconsin Hale, Western Australia Hale, Surrey Hale, Minneapolis Hale, Michigan Hale, Minneapolis, Minnesota Hale, Perth Hale, Missouri