Main Entry: ²cure

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): cured; cur·ing

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 a : to restore to health, soundness, or normality 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