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Definitions for Cure

[1] a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
[2] a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease.
[3] successful remedial treatment; restoration to health.
[4] a means of correcting or relieving anything that is troublesome or detrimental: to seek a cure for inflation.
[5] the act or a method of preserving meat, fish, etc., by smoking, salting, or the like.
[6] spiritual or religious charge of the people in a certain district.
[7] the office or district of a curate or parish priest.
[8] to restore to health.
[9] to relieve or rid of something detrimental, as an illness or a bad habit.
[10] to prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by salting, drying, etc.
[11] to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping it damp.
[12] to process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging.
[13] to effect a cure.
[14] to become cured.
[15] (in France) a parish priest.
[16] (tr) to get rid of (an ailment, fault, or problem); heal
[17] (tr) to restore to health or good condition
[18] (intr) to bring about a cure
[19] (tr) to preserve (meat, fish, etc) by salting, smoking, etc
[20] (tr) to treat or finish (a substance) by chemical or physical means to vulcanize (rubber) to allow (a polymer) to set often using heat or pressure
[21] (tr) to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc) by keeping it moist
[22] a return to health, esp after specific treatment
[23] any course of medical therapy, esp one proved effective in combating a disease
[24] a means of restoring health or improving a condition, situation, etc
[25] the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish the cure of souls
[26] a process or method of preserving meat, fish, etc, by salting, pickling, or smoking
[27] a parish priest in France

Words related to Cure

medication, recovery, fix, drug, remedy, panacea, treatment, elixir, medicine, antidote, healing, placebo, restore, repair, relieve, rehabilitate, mend, redress, treat, alleviate

Words nearby Cure

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Origin of Cure

é1645–55; < French, Old French; modeled on Medieval Latin cūrātus parish priest; see curate

Other words from Cure

cure·less , adjective
cure·less·ly , adverb
cur·er , noun
half-cured , adjective
o·ver·cured , adjective
sem·i·cured , adjective
un·cured , adjective
well-cured , adjective

Word origin for Cure

éFrench, from Medieval Latin cūrātus; see curate 1

Synonyms for Cure

antidote, drug, elixir, fix, healing, medication, medicine, panacea, placebo, quick fix, recovery, remedy, treatment, aid, alleviation, assistance, catholicon, corrective, countermeasure, help, medicament, nostrum, physic, proprietary, redress, reparation, therapeutic, counteractant, counteragent, elixir vitae, healing agent, medicant, pharmacon, restora-tive