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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cure \Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cured} (k?rd); p. pr & vb n. {Curing}.] [OF. curer to take care to heal, F., only, to cleanse, L. curare to take care to heal, fr cura. See {Cure},.] 1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well -- said of a patient. The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt. xvii. 18. 2. To subdue or remove by remedial means to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. To cure this deadly grief. --Shak. Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix 1. 3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift. 4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as to cure beef or fish; to cure hay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cured adj 1: freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron [syn: {healed}, {recovered}] 2: (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) [syn: {vulcanized}] 3: (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening 4: (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry 5: (used especially of meat) cured in brine [syn: {corned}] 6: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) [syn: {aged}]
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