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Cure

Cure Meaning & Definition
Cure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cure?

[n] a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
[v] provide a cure for, make healthy again
[v] prepare by chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cure: curative | heal | remedy

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Cure In Webster's Dictionary

\Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cured} (k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curing}.] [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See {Cure},.] 1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient. The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt. xvii. 18. 2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. To cure this deadly grief. --Shak. Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix. 1. 3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift. 4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.
\Cure\, v. i. 1. To pay heed; to care; to give attention. [Obs.] 2. To restore health; to effect a cure. Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles' spear, Is able with the change to kill and cure. --Shak. 3. To become healed. One desperate grief cures with another's languish. --Shak.

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