Weal

Definition of Weal

n.1.The mark of a stripe. See Wale.
v. t.1.To mark with stripes. See Wale.
n.1.
1.A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
God . . . grant you wele and prosperity.
- Chaucer.
As we love the weal of our souls and bodies.
- Bacon.
To him linked in weal or woe.
- Milton.
Never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal that the character of the Parliament should stand high.
- Macaulay.
2.The body politic; the state; common wealth.
The special watchmen of our English weal.
- Shak.
v. t.1.To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous.

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