Main Entry: ²cure

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): cured; cur·ing

transitive verb

: heal: a : to restore to health, soundness, or normality <curing her patients rapidly by new procedures> b : to bring about recovery from <antibiotics cure many formerly intractable infections>

intransitive verb

1 : to effect a cure <careful living cures more often than it kills>
2 : to take a cure (as in a sanatorium or at a spa)

—cur·er noun