hale

[heyl]

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verb (used with object), haled, hal·ing.

to compel (someone) to go: to hale a man into court.

to haul; pull.

Origin of hale

1175–1225; Middle English halen < Middle French haler < Germanic; compare Dutch halen to pull, fetch; akin to Old English geholian to get, German holen to fetch. See haul

Related formshal·er, noun

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Related Words for haling

pull, draw, move, tow, lug, transport, yank, truck, trail, hale, magnetize, tug, schlepp

Examples from the Web for haling

Historical Examples of haling

Dexippus seized on some one, and was for haling him to the Spartan governor.
Anabasis
Xenophon
Then, as they were haling me off, Brother Martin—do you remember him?
The Lady Of Blossholme
H. Rider Haggard
For the townsfolk, no brawling, marauding, or haling about of honest wenches.
A Monk of Fife
Andrew Lang
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
The Bible for Young People
Anonymous
But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2
G. T. Stokes

British Dictionary definitions for haling

hale

adjective

healthy and robust (esp in the phrase hale and hearty)

Scot and Northern English dialect whole

Derived Formshaleness, noun

Word Origin for hale

Old English hæl whole

hale

verb

(tr) to pull or drag; haul

Derived Formshaler, noun

Word Origin for hale

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

Hale

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)

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Word Origin and History for haling

hale

adj.

"healthy," Old English hal "healthy, entire, uninjured" (see health). The Scottish and northern English form of whole; it was given a literary sense of "free from infirmity" (1734). Related: Haleness.

hale

c.1200, "drag; summon," in Middle English used of arrows, bowstrings, reins, anchors, from Old French haler "to pull, haul" (12c.), from a Germanic source, perhaps Frankish *halon or Old Dutch halen; probably also from Old English geholian "obtain" (see haul). Figurative sense of "to draw (someone) from one condition to another" is late 14c. Related: Haled; haling.