† guarishv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To cure, heal. (Frequent in Caxton.)
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the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)]
lechnec900
helpc950
beetc975
healc1000
temperc1000
leechc1175
amendc1300
halec1330
soundc1374
sanec1386
warishc1386
defenda1400
rectifya1400
salve1411
lokenc1425
redress?c1425
recure?a1439
guarish1474
cure1526
medify1543
recover1548
resanate1599
sanate1623
sain1832
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. v. 127 Alle this maner of peple..that haue the charge for to make hole and guarisshe alle maner of maladyes and Infirmitees.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxviii. 99 That it wold plese hym to hele and gwerysshe her.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg6 Daily she dressed him, and did the best, His grieuous hurt to guarish, that she might.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iii. sig. C7 All his wounds, and all his bruses guarisht . View more context for this quotation
2. intransitive for passive. To recover. Const. of.
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the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)]
wholeeOE
botenc1225
cover1297
amendc1325
recovera1375
warisha1386
recovera1387
healc1390
recurec1400
soundc1402
mendc1440
convalesce1483
guarish1489
restore1494
refete?a1505
revert1531
to gather (or pick) up one's crumbs1589
cure1597
recruit1644
to perk upa1656
retrieve1675
to pick up1740
to leave one's bed1742
to sit up and take nourishment1796
to get round1798
to come round1818
to pull through1830
rally1831
to fetch round1870
to mend up1877
to pull round1889
recoup1896
recuperate1897
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xxi. 219 We putte caas that he beynge in prison shulde gwarisshe of his sicknesse.
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