HEAL Copy link • HEALPROPR., [Vid: To CURE.] IMPROPR., To heal a fallen state, sanare aegram rempublicam or aegras reipublicae partes; mederi afflictae reipublicae: anybody is employed to heal the diseases of the state, aliquis ad reipublicae curationem adhibetur (by anybody, ab aliquo, after Liv., 5, 3): to heal anything by any application, alicui rei or saluti alicujus rei remedio aliquo subvenire: to heal anything by one’s advice and words, alicui rei medicinam consilii et orationis suae afferre (Cic.).