Etymology : Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin and Latin; Medieval Latin cura, cure of souls, from Latin, care
Pronunciation : kyur
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. something which restores health; prescribed treatment for an illness; office of a curate. restore to health, make well; correct a bad habit; preserve food. cure\cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. cured (kūrd); 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,.].
2. to heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient. the child was cured from that very hour. xvii.
3. 2. to subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. to cure this deadly grief. then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power to cure diseases.
4. 3. to set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. i never knew any man cured of inattention.
5. to prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.cure \cure\> (kūr), n. [of, cure care, f., also, cure, healing, cure of souls, l. cura care, medical attendance, cure; perh. akin to cavere to pay heed, e. cution. cure is not related to care.].
6. care, heed, or attention. [obs.] of study took he most cure and most heed. vicarages of greatcure, but small value.
7. 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; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure. the appropriator was the incumbent parson, and had the cure of the souls of the parishioners.
8. medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
9. act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury. past hope! pastcure! past help. i do cures to-day and to-morrow.
10. 5. means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative. cold, hunger, prisons, ills without a cure. the proper cure of such prejudices. hurd.cure \cure\, v. i.
11. to pay heed; to care; to give attention. [obs.].
12. to restore health; to effect a cure. whose smile and frown, like to achilles' spear, is able with the change to kill and cure.
13. to become healed. one desperate grief cures with another's languish.cure a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: remedy, curative] v.
14. provide a cure for, make healthy again [syn: heal].
15. prepare by chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats".
16. Care, heed, or attention.
17. 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; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure.
18. Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
19. Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.
20. Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.
21. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; said of a patient.
22. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; said of a malady.
23. To set free from , as from a bad habit.
24. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.
25. To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
26. To restore health; to effect a cure.
27. To become healed.
28. Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; so called from its originator, Sebastian Kneipp , a German priest. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles" be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun" make hard and improve their usability; "cure resin".
29. 1. If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear. Her cancer can only be controlled, not cured.
30. If doctors or medical treatments cure a person, they make the person well again after an illness or injury. MDT is an effective treatment and could cure all the leprosy sufferers worldwide Almost overnight I was cured Now doctors believe they have cured him of the disease. = heal.
31. A cure for an illness is a medicine or other treatment that cures the illness. Atkinson has been told rest is the only cure for his ankle injury.
32. If someone or something cures a problem, they bring it to an end. Private firms are willing to make large scale investments to help cure Russia's economic troubles.
33. A cure for a problem is something that will bring it to an end. The magic cure for inflation does not exist. = solution.
34. If an action or event cures someone of a habit or an attitude, it makes them stop having it. The experience was a detestable ordeal, and it cured him of any ambitions to direct again He went to a clinic to cure his drinking and overeating.
35. When food, tobacco, or animal skin is cured, it is dried, smoked, or salted so that it will last for a long time. Legs of pork were cured and smoked over the fire. sliced cured ham.
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