Cure
WordNet
noun
(1) A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
(2) Provide a cure for, make healthy again
"The treatment cured the boy's acne"
"The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
(3) Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
"Cure meats"
"Cure pickles"
"Cure hay"
(4) Be or become preserved
"The apricots cure in the sun"
(5) Make (substances) hard and improve their usability
"Cure resin"
"Cure cement"
"Cure soap"
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Etymology
From , , from
Noun
- a method, device or medication that restores good health
- a solution to a problem
- a process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering
- Care, heed, or attention.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy
- The appropriator was the incumbent parson, and had the cure of the souls of the parishioners. Spelman.
Verb
- to restore to good health
- to relieve from a disease or its ill effects
- to preserve a food or other product such as tobacco
Noun
- care, concern
- healing, recovery
- treatment; cure
- vicarage, presbytery
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