Cure
Definition of Cure
Pronunciation: k n. | 1. | Care, heed, or attention. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure. | | 4. | Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury. | | 5. | Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative. | v. t. | 1. | To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; - said of a patient. | | 2. | To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; - said of a malady. | | 3. | To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. | | 4. | To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay. | v. i. | 1. | To pay heed; to care; to give attention. | | 2. | To restore health; to effect a cure. | | 3. | To become healed. | n. | 1. | A curate; a pardon. |
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