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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cure \Cure\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cured} (k[=u]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) 2.0 [wn]:
cured
adjective
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}, {vulcanised}]
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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