cure

  1. Noun.  a method, device or medication that restores good health.
  2. Noun.  a solution to a problem.
  3. Noun.  a process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.
  4. Noun.  (obsolete) Care, heed, or attention.
  5. Noun.  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.
  6. Verb.  to restore to good health; to relieve from a disease or its ill effects.
  7. Verb.  to preserve a food or other product such as tobacco.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.