HEALTHFUL

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4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
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Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

2.
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Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. The healthful Spirit of thy grace. Book of Common Prayer.

3.
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Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned. Macaulay.

4.
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Well-disposed; favorable. [R.] Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests. Shak.

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