n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: cured ; cur · ing
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to restore to health, soundness, or normality < cure a patient of his illness> b : to bring about recovery from < cure a disease>
2 a : to deal with in a way that eliminates or rectifies <his small size, which time would cure for him ― William Faulkner> b : to free from something objectionable or harmful <trying to cure him of a bad habit>
3 : to prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use <fish cured with salt>
intransitive verb
1 a : to undergo a curing process b : SET 11
2 : to effect a cure
– cur · er noun