cure
1. cure \'kyu.(*)r\ \-l*s\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. ML & L; ML cura, cure of
souls, fr. L, care] 1a: spiritual charge : CARE 1b: pastoral charge of a
parish 2a: recovery or relief from a disease 2b: an agency that cures a
disease 2c: a course or period of treatment 2d: SPA 3: a process or
method of curing - cure.less aj
2. cure \'kyu.r-*r\ vt 1a: to restore to health, soundness, or normality
1b: to bring about recovery from 2a: RECTIFY, REMEDY 2b: to free from
something objectionable or harmful 3: to prepare by chemical or physical
processing for keeping or use 1: to undergo a curing process 2: to effect
a cure fter disease; HEAL may also apply to this but commonly suggests
restoring to soundness after a wound or sore; REMEDY suggests correction or
relief of a morbid or evil condition often without implying permanence or
completeness of effect - cur.er n SYN syn HEAL, REMEDY: CURE implies
restoration to health a
3. cu.re \kyu.-'ra-, 'kyu.(*)r-.a-\ n [F, fr. cure cure of souls - more at
CURATE] : a parish priest