Part 2675

<blockquote>Cold, hunger, prisons, ills without a <b>cure</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The proper <b>cure</b> of such prejudices. <i>Bp. Hurd.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cure</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cure</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.& p.p.</tt> <er>Cured</er> <tt>(k?rd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Curing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>curer</ets> to take care, to heal, F., only, to cleanse, L. <ets>curare</ets> to take care, to heal, fr. <ets>cura</ets>. See <er>Cure</er>,.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.</def>

<blockquote>The child was <b>cured</b> from that very hour. <i>Matt. xvii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>cure</b> this deadly grief. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power . . . to <b>cure</b> diseases. <i>Luke ix. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.</def>

<blockquote>I never knew any man <b>cured</b> of inattention. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>cure</ex> beef or fish; to <ex>cure</ex> hay.</as></def>

<h1>Cure</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cure</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pay heed; to care; to give attention.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To restore health; to effect a cure.</def>

<blockquote>Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles' spear, Is able with the change to kill and <b>cure</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To become healed.</def>

<blockquote>One desperate grief <b>cures</b> with another's languish. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cur</</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu`r<?/"</hw> <tt>(k?`r?")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. LL. <ets>curatus</ets>. See <er>Curate</er>.]</ety> <def>A curate; a pardon.</def>

<h1>Cureall</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cure"*all`</hw> <tt>(k?r"?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A remedy for all diseases, o<?/ for all ills; a panacea.</def>

<h1>Cureless</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cure"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of cure; incurable.</def>

<blockquote>With patience undergo A <b>cureless</b> ill, since fate will have it so. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curer</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who cures; a healer; a physician.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc.</def>

<h1>Curette</h1> <Xpage=357>