v. t. [ LL. assecurare. ] To make sure or safe; to assure. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. clarus clear + obscurus obscure; cf. F. clair-obscur. Cf. Chiaroscuro. ] (Painting) See Chiaroscuro. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give additional security to or for. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF, cure care, F., also, cure, healing, cure of souls, L. cura care, medical attendance, cure; perh. akin to cavere to pay heed, E. cution. Cure is not related to care. ] 1. Care, heed, or attention. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of study took he most cure and most heed. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vicarages of greatcure, but small value. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

The appropriator was the incumbent parson, and had the cure of the souls of the parishioners. Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Past hope! pastcure! past help. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do cures to-day and to-morrow. Luke xii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cold, hunger, prisons, ills without a cure. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proper cure of such prejudices. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cured 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The child was cured from that very hour. Matt. xvii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cure this deadly grief. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power . . . to cure diseases. Luke ix. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. [ 1913 Webster ]

I never knew any man cured of inattention. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To pay heed; to care; to give attention. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To restore health; to effect a cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles' spear,
Is able with the change to kill and cure. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To become healed. [ 1913 Webster ]

One desperate grief cures with another's languish. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. LL. curatus. See Curate. ] A curate; a pardon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A remedy for all diseases, or for all ills; a panacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of cure; incurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

With patience undergo
A cureless ill, since fate will have it so. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who cures; a healer; a physician. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette; the act of scraping with a curette.
Syn. -- curettement. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. curer to cleanse. ] (Med.) A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Curetted p. pr. & vb. n. Curetting. ] (Med.) To scrape with a curette. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette.
Syn. -- curettage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ See Discover. ] To discover; to reveal; to discoure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will, if please you it discure, assay
To ease you of that ill, so wisely as I may. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Epicurus, Gr. &unr_;, a famous Greek philosopher, who has been regarded, but erroneously, as teaching a doctrine of refined voluptuousness. ] 1. A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.

Syn. -- Voluptuary; sensualist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Epicureus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. épicurien. ] 1. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. “The sect Epicurean.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epicurean philosophy. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A follower or Epicurus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One given to epicurean indulgence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Luxuriously. Nash. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epicurean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss. [ 1913 Webster ]

With sorrow and insecure apprehensions. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss. Bp. Hurg. [ 1913 Webster ]

The trade with Egypt was exceedingly insecure and precarious. Mickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an insecure manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Insecurity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incurable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Also or Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; -- so called from its originator, Sebastian Kneipp (1821-97), a German priest. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Manicured p. pr. & vb. n. Manicuring ] 1. To care for (the hands and nails); to care for the hands and nails of; to do manicure work. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. to trim carefully and meticulously; as, to manicure a lawn. [ PJC ]

n. The care of the hands and nails, especially a thorough cosmetic treatment of the hands, especially the trimming and polishing of the fingernails, and removing of cuticles, performed by a manicurist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure. ] A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails; -- an older term for a manicurist. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Men ] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure. Pop. Sci. Monthly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Obscurer superl. Obscurest. ] [ L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see Ob-) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf. Sky. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. [ 1913 Webster ]

His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Prov. xx. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The obscure corners of the earth. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. “O base and obscure vulgar.” Shak. “An obscure person.” Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or incomprehensible; as, an obscure passage or inscription. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Obscure rays (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Obscured p. pr. & vb. n. Obscuring. ] [ L. obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See Obscure, a. ] To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why, 't is an office of discovery, love,
And I should be obscured. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this. Wake. [ 1913 Webster ]

And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How! There's bad news.
I must obscure, and hear it. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Obscurity. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an obscure manner. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration. Pomfret. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Obscurity. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, obscures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pedi- + L. cura care. ] 1. Professional care of the feet, toes, and toenails. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A single treatment of the feet, toes, and toenails. [ PJC ]

3. One who cares for the feet and nails; a chiropodist. -- Ped"i*cure, v. t. -- Ped"i*cur*ism n. -- Ped"i*cur*ist n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Procured p. pr. & vb. n. Procuring. ] [ F. procurer, L. procurare, procuratum, to take care of; pro for + curare to take care, fr. cura care. See Cure, and cf. Proctor, Proxy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we procure not to ourselves more woe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach. Robynson (More's Utopia) . [ 1913 Webster ]

Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To solicit; to entreat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The famous Briton prince and faery knight, . . .
Of the fair Alma greatly were procured
To make there longer sojourn and abode. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cause to come; to bring; to attract. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What unaccustomed cause procures her hither? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Attain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To pimp. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To manage business for another in court. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Efficient contrivance; management; agency. [ 1913 Webster ]

They think it done
By her procurement. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. procureur. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who procures the gratification of lust for another; a pimp; a pander. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female procurer, or pander. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Recover. ] 1. To arrive at; to reach; to attain. [ Obs. ] Lydgate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To recover; to regain; to repossess. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When their powers, impaired through labor long,
With due repast, they had recured well. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair. [ 1913 Webster ]

In western waves his weary wagon did recure. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be a cure for; to remedy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

No medicine
Might avail his sickness to recure. Lydgate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cure; remedy; recovery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But whom he hite, without recure he dies. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of cure. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Med.) Treatment of severe nervous disorder, as neurasthenia, by rest and isolation with systematic feeding and the use of massage and electricity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. securus; pref. se- without + cura care. See Cure care, and cf. Sure, a. ] 1. Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. [ 1913 Webster ]

But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confidence then bore thee on, secure
Either to meet no danger, or to find
Matter of glorious trial. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from. “Secure from fortune's blows.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Safe; undisturbed; easy; sure; certain; assured; confident; careless; heedless; inattentive. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Secured p. pr. & vb. n. Securing. ] 1. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect. [ 1913 Webster ]

I spread a cloud before the victor's sight,
Sustained the vanquished, and secured his flight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage. [ 1913 Webster ]

It secures its possessor of eternal happiness. T. Dick. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Secure arms (Mil.), a command and a position in the manual of arms, used in wet weather, the object being to guard the firearm from becoming wet. The piece is turned with the barrel to the front and grasped by the right hand at the lower band, the muzzle is dropped to the front, and the piece held with the guard under the right arm, the hand supported against the hip, and the thumb on the rammer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. [ 1913 Webster ]

His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]