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To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup. [Obs.] The lovely sorceress mixed, and to the prince Health, peace, and joy propined. C. Smart.

t do (you) good; -- a salutation used in well wishing, esp. among Germans, as in drinking healths.

, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in color.

To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.

irst I will have my recourse. Chaucer. Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. Sir T. Browne.

To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. The wine in my bottle will recover him. Shak.

Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.

To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.

Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.

anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reëstablish a covenant; to reëstablish health.

a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.

Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. [Obs.] Spenser. "Regiment of health." Bacon. But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day Marlowe. The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment. Hocker.

or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

ve me, Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse Pope. In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region. Sir W. Raleigh. We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries. Mi…

The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness.

ing back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary. At the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 1 Kings xx. 22. His personal return was most required and necessary. Shak.

Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like.

Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

round. (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of conduct. (b) To restore one to health. [Colloq.]

A bumper in honor of a toast or health. [Obs.] Shak.