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hale

/heɪl/ verb C2
  1. To drag or pull, especially forcibly. (transitive)

He/she/it hales · Past haled · Past participle haled · -ing form haling

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Base form
hale
He/she/it
hales
Past
haled
Past participle
haled
-ing form
haling

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But so aloof is he from general suspicion, so immune from criticism, so admirable in his management and self-effacement, that for those very words that you have uttered he could hale you to a court and emerge with your year’s pension as a solatium for his wounded character.
The Valley of Fear, p. 2 · C1
This was Cecil James Barker, of Hales Lodge, Hampstead.
The Valley of Fear, p. 24 · C1
The two of them were destined to travel together round the world before Sir Henry had become once more the hale, hearty man that he had been before he became master of that ill-omened estate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 198 · C1

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