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   cure

   /kjʊə/

   verb

   • 1. relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition: "he was cured of the disease" Similar healrestore to healthmake wellmake betterrestorerehabilitatetreat successfullyarchaic:cleanse
   • ▪ eliminate (a disease or condition) with medical treatment: "this technology could be used to cure diabetes"
   • ▪ solve (a problem): "a bid to trace and cure the gearbox problems" Similar rectifyremedyput rightset rightrightset to rightsfixmendrepairhealmake betteramelioratealleviateeasesolvesort outbe the answer/solution toeliminatedo away withendput an end toremovecounteractcorrectOpposite exacerbateaggravate
   • 2. preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking: "home-cured ham" Similar preservesmokesaltdrykipperpickle
   • ▪ harden (rubber, plastic, concrete, etc.) after manufacture by a chemical process such as vulcanization: "the early synthetic rubbers were much more difficult to cure than natural rubber"
   • ▪ undergo hardening by a chemical process: "the mastic takes days to cure"

   noun

   • 1. a substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition: "the search for a cure for the common cold" Similar remedycurativemedicinemedicationmedicamentrestorativecorrectiveantidoteantiserum(course of) treatmenttherapyhealingalleviationnostrumpanaceacure-allarchaic:physicspecific
   • ▪ restoration to health: "he was beyond cure" Similar healingrestoration to health
   • ▪ a solution to a problem: "the cure is to improve the clutch operation" Similar solutionanswerantidotenostrumpanaceacure-allmagic formulainformal:quick fixmagic bullet
   • 2. the process of curing rubber, plastic, or other material.
   • 3. a Christian minister's pastoral charge or area of responsibility for spiritual ministry: "a benefice involving the cure of souls"
   • ▪ a parish: "he had been at this cure for four years"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old French curer (verb), cure (noun), both from Latin curare ‘take care of’, from cura ‘care’. The original noun senses were ‘care, concern, responsibility’, in particular spiritual care (hence cure (sense 3 of the noun)). In late Middle English the senses ‘medical care’ and ‘successful medical treatment’ arose, and hence ‘remedy’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. curer noun

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