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   Cure

   /kyo͝or/

   

   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, condition, or injury) with medical treatment: "this technology could be used to cure diabetes"
   • ▪ solve (a problem): "stopping foreign investment is no way to cure the fundamental problem" 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 various methods such as 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 curing 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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   The meaning of CURE is spiritual charge : care. How to use cure in a sentence. What is the origin of cure?

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   Cure is applied to the eradication of disease or sickness: to cure a headache. Heal suggests the making whole of wounds, sores, etc.: to heal a burn. Remedy applies especially to making wrongs right: to remedy a mistake. Discover More.

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   CURE definition: 1. to make someone with an illness healthy again: 2. to stop someone doing or wanting something…. Learn more.

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   A cure is a treatment that ends an illness or makes you feel better. There is no cure for the common cold, or for a broken heart. Waaaaa. Many researchers focus on finding cures for diseases like cancer and diabetes — while it is possible to recover from incurable illnesses, it's not possible to cure them.

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   cure, heal, remedy imply making well, whole, or right. cure is applied to the eradication of disease or sickness: to cure a headache. heal suggests the making whole of wounds, sores, etc.: to heal a burn. remedy applies esp. to making wrongs right: to remedy a mistake.

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   Definition of cure verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    cure (for something) something that will solve a problem, improve a bad situation, etc. a cure for poverty; Science cannot provide a cure for all the world's problems.

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    Britannica Dictionary definition of CURE. [count] 1. : something (such as a drug or medical treatment) that stops a disease and makes someone healthy again. The disease has no cure. [=the disease cannot be cured; the disease is incurable] — often + for. There is no cure for the common cold.