Cure Definition
kyo͝or
cured, cures, curing
noun
cures
A healing or being healed; restoration to health or a sound condition.
Webster's New World
A system, method, or course of treating a disease, ailment, etc.
Webster's New World
A medicine or treatment for restoring health; remedy.
Webster's New World
Something that corrects or relieves a harmful or disturbing situation.
The cats proved to be a good cure for our mouse problem.
American Heritage
Spiritual charge of persons in a particular district; care of souls.
Webster's New World
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verb
cured, cures, curing
To restore to health or a sound condition; make well; heal.
Webster's New World
To cause to be free of, to lose interest in, or to stop doing something.
American Heritage Medicine
To get rid of or counteract (an ailment, evil, bad habit, etc.)
Webster's New World
To undergo curing, preserving, or processing.
Tobacco cures in the sun.
Webster's New World
To get rid of a harmful or undesirable condition in.
Cured him of lying.
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Origin of Cure
Middle English from Old French medical treatment from Latin cūra from Archaic Latin coisa-
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French, cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”)
From Wiktionary
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French from Old French from Medieval Latin cūrātus curate1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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