cure

Speech parts

1. cure - Noun

2. cure - Verb

3. Cure - Proper noun

Meaning

Care, heed, or attention.

Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure.

Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.

Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.

Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.

To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.

To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.

To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.

To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.

To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

To restore health; to effect a cure.

To become healed.

A curate; a pardon.

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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Dorothy Parker

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. Carl Jung

There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana

What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for. Irish Proverb

There is no cure for him who hides an illness. Ethiopian Proverb

There is no cure that does not have its price. Kenyan Proverb

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