Cure
- n. Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.
- n. Care, heed, or attention.
- n. 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.
- n. Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
- n. Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.
- v. i. To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
- v. i. To restore health; to effect a cure.
- v. i. To become healed.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.