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1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
2. 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. Indicating, characterised by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. "A mind . . . Healthful and so well-proportioned." (Macaulay)
4. Well-disposed; favorable. "Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests." (Shak)
(01 Mar 1998)
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