cure
verb
[ kjʊə ]
• relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition.
• "he was cured of the disease"
• preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking.
• "home-cured ham"
cure
noun
• a substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition.
• "the search for a cure for the common cold"
Similar:
remedy,
curative,
medicine,
medication,
medicament,
restorative,
corrective,
antidote,
antiserum,
(course of) treatment,
therapy,
healing,
alleviation,
nostrum,
panacea,
cure-all,
physic,
specific,
• the process of curing rubber, plastic, or other material.
• a Christian minister's pastoral charge or area of responsibility for spiritual ministry.
• "a benefice involving the cure of souls"
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’.
curé
noun
• a parish priest in a French-speaking country.
Origin:
French, from medieval Latin curatus (see curate1).
