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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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