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(1):
(n.) Care, heed, or attention.
(2):
(n.) Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.
(3):
(n.) Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(n.) Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
(6):
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.
(7):
(v. t.) To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.
(8):
(v. i.) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
(9):
(v. t.) To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.
(10):
(v. t.) To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.
(11):
(v. t.) To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.
(12):
(v. i.) To become healed.
(13):
(v. i.) To restore health; to effect a cure.
(14):
(n.) A curate; a pardon.