From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cure \Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cured} (k[=u]rd); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Curing}.] [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to
cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See
{Cure},.]
1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to
make well; -- said of a patient.
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The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt.
xvii. 18.
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2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to
remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.
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To cure this deadly grief. --Shak.
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Then he called his twelve disciples together, and
gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix.
1.
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3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as
from a bad habit.
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I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift.
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4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to
preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or
fish; to cure hay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Curing \Cur"ing\ (k?r"?ng),
p. a. & vb. n. of {Cure}.
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{Curing house}, a building in which anything is cured;
especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar
is drained and dried.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
curing
n 1: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying
or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested
the set of the glue" [syn: {hardening}, {solidifying},
{solidification}, {set}, {curing}]
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