cure

[[t]kyʊər[/t]]

n. v. cured, cur•ing

1) med a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy

2) med a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease

3) med successful remedial treatment; restoration to health

4) a means of correcting or relieving anything troublesome or detrimental:

a cure for inflation[/ex]

5) coo a process of preserving meat, fish, etc., by smoking, salting, or the like

6) rel spiritual or religious charge of the people in a certain district

7) rel the office or district of a curate

8) med to restore to health

9) to relieve or rid of (an illness, bad habit, etc.)

10) coo to prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by smoking, salting, etc

11) chem. to process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging

12) to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping damp

13) to effect a cure

14) to become cured

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Etymology: 1250–1300; (v.) < MF curer < L cūrāre to take care of, der. of cūra care; (n.) < OF cure < L cūra cure′less, adj. cur′er, n.