Health"ful (-f&usdot;l), a. 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.

3. Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition.

A mind . . . healthful and so well- proportioned.

4. Well-disposed; favorable. [R.]

Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests.

• beneficial to health of body or mind