[cure] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. ML & L; ML cura, cure of souls, fr. L, care] (14c) 1 a: spiritual charge: care b: pastoral charge of a parish
2. a: recovery or relief from a disease b: something (as a drug or treatment) that cures a disease c: a course or period of treatment "take the ~ for alcoholism" d: spa
3: a complete or permanent solution or remedy "seeking a ~ for unemployment"
4: a process or method of curing -- cure.less adj
[2]cure vb cured ; cur.ing vt (14c) 1 a: to restore to health, soundness, or normality b: to bring about recovery from
2. a: to deal with in a way that eliminates or rectifies "his small size, which time would ~ for him --William Faulkner" b: to free from something objectionable or harmful
3: to prepare or alter esp. by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use ~ vi 1 a: to undergo a curing process b: set 11
2: to effect a cure -- cur.er n cu.re n [F, fr. OF, fr. ML curatus--more at curate] (1655): a parish priest