cure en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /kjʉːɹ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
- /kjɔː/ pour–poor merger
- /kjɵː/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /kjʊɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
- /kɜː/ (Norfolk)
- /kjʊə/ without the pour–poor merger
- kyûr (Canada, General-American)
- /kjʉwə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /kjoː/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /kjɝ/ (Canada, General-American)
- /kjʉːə/ (Australia)
- kyo͝or (Canada, General-American)
- (California) audio
- /kjuːɹ/ (Ireland)
Etymology
From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but this survived as heal.
Meanings
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A method, device or medication that restores good health.
'Cause if there's a cure for this, I don't want it / I don't want it
1976, Marilyn McLeod, Pamela Sawyer, “Love Hangover”, performed by Diana Ross:When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
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An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
Past hope! past cure!
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:I do cures to-day and to-morrow.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 13:32:A disease among cattle, called the murrain, then prevailed to a very great extent through that district of Yorkshire. The cattle were made to pass through the smoke raised by this miraculous fire, and their cure was looked upon as certain.
1892, Michael Aislaibie Denham, The Denham Tracts, volume 2, page 50:
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(figuratively) A solution to a problem.
Cold, hunger, prisons, ills without a cure.
1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:the proper cure of such prejudices
1763, Richard Hurd, On the Uses of Foreign Travel:
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
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Cured fish.
Well into the twentieth century, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia's Grand Banks fleet stayed with sail power. "The Lunenburg cure," heavily salted on the schooners and then dried on flakes along the rocky sheltered coastline, was traded in the Caribbean.
1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 128:
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
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(obsolete) Care, heed, or attention.
vicarages of great cure, but small value
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
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Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
This worke devysed is For suche as do amys, And specyally to controule Such as have cure of soule, […] No good priest to offende, But suche dawes to amend, […]
c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 61, lines 1–4, 25–26:During this interval, my thoughts were employed on some future means of supporting them; and at last a small Cure of fifteen pounds a year was offered me in a distant neighbourhood, where I could still enjoy my principles without molestation.
1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], chapter III, in The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC:[T]he Appropriator was the incumbent Parſon, and had the Cure of the Souls of the Pariſhioners, and that upon the Preſentation of the Appropriation, or upon the Diſſolution of the Abbey, the Church became void, and preſentative, as other Churches upon Reſignation, or Death of the Incumbent.
1704, Clem[ent] Spelman, “To the Reader”, in Henry Spelman, De Non Temerandis Ecclesiis, Churches Not to Be Violated. A Tract of the Rights and Respects Due unto Churches. […], 6th edition, London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […]; republished in Two Tracts […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], 1704, →OCLC, page 4:
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pro-cure · overcure · Wiltshire cure · cure time · Lunenburg cure · mind cure · prevention is better than cure · miscure · an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure · anti-cure · Salisbury's cure · sweetcure · cure for cancer · Kneipp's cure · king-cure · take the cure · Schroth's cure · water cure · undercure · faith-cure · an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure · an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure · the cure is worse than the disease · sun cure · cureless · Schweninger's cure
Synonyms
mithridate · curative · treacle · curacy
Translations (109)
es curado (process of preservation) · arz ثرابي (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hy դեղամիջոց (method, device or medication that restores good health) · bn ঔষধ (method, device or medication that restores good health) · tr (method, device - kür) kür (method, device or medication that restores good health) · eo kuraco (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fr prise (process of solidification or gelling) · ga leigheas (method, device or medication that restores good health) · mi whakatotenga (process of preservation) · hu gyógyír (solution to a problem) · fi säilöntä (process of preservation) · ka წამალი (method, device or medication that restores good health) · de Pökelung (process of preservation) · et kuur (method, device or medication that restores good health) · tl lunas (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ka მკურნალობა (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ro leac (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fr traitement (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fi kovettuminen (process of solidification or gelling) · tr deva (method, device or medication that restores good health) · cmn 治療 /治疗 (method, device or medication that restores good health) · pl wulkanizacja (process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering) · hu gyógyulás (act of healing or state of being healed) · fi ratkaisu (solution to a problem) · bn ওষুধ (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hi उपचार (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fi parantaminen (act of healing or state of being healed) · bn এলাজ (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hu gyógyír (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hy բժշկում (method, device or medication that restores good health) · mi rongoā (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hu sózás (process of preservation) · ru лече́ние (method, device or medication that restores good health) · bn দাওয়াই (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fi kuivuminen (process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering) · hu pácolás (process of preservation) · hu füstölés (process of preservation) · cs léčba (method, device or medication that restores good health) · la remedium (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hi समाधान (solution to a problem) · bg лека́рство (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ba дауа (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hu gyógymód (method, device or medication that restores good health) · rgn cùra (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ja 治療 (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ar شِفَاء (method, device or medication that restores good health) · pl peklowanie (process of preservation) · he מַרְפֵּא (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fi hoito (method, device or medication that restores good health) · nl remedie (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ru вулканиза́ция (process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering) · pt cura (method, device or medication that restores good health) · it reticolazione (process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering) · fi jähmettyminen (process of solidification or gelling) · mi whakapaoa (process of preservation) · pt remédio (solution to a problem) · it vulcanizzazione (process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering) · hi उपाय (solution to a problem) · ota چاره (solution to a problem) · fa درمان (method, device or medication that restores good health) · tr tedavi (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fi kuuri (method, device or medication that restores good health) · de Heilung (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ro tratament (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hu kezelés (method, device or medication that restores good health) · pt recuperação (act of healing or state of being healed) · hy բուժում (method, device or medication that restores good health) · el θεραπεία (method, device or medication that restores good health) · cy iachâd (method, device or medication that restores good health) · mi wāmu (process of preservation) · it cura (method, device or medication that restores good health) · pt cura (act of healing or state of being healed) · es cura (method, device or medication that restores good health) · bg вулканиза́ция (process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering) · fi hoito (solution to a problem) · fi hyytelöityminen (process of solidification or gelling) · fi kovettuminen (process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering) · arz علاج (method, device or medication that restores good health) · et ravi (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hu gyógyítás (act of healing or state of being healed) · es curación (method, device or medication that restores good health) · sv kur (method, device or medication that restores good health) · bg лече́ние (method, device or medication that restores good health) · bn শাফা (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ota علاج (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hi उपचार (act of healing or state of being healed) · tl gamot (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fr durcissement (process of solidification or gelling) · fr guérison (act of healing or state of being healed) · fi kypsytys (process of preservation) · ko 치료 (method, device or medication that restores good health) · es remedio (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fi hoito (act of healing or state of being healed) · ru лека́рство (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ota درمان (method, device or medication that restores good health) · tr şifa (act of healing or state of being healed) · hu kúra (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ang hǣlu (method, device or medication that restores good health) · nrf dgéthithon (method, device or medication that restores good health) · ota چاره (method, device or medication that restores good health) · cs lék (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hu gyógymód (solution to a problem) · grc ἴασις (method, device or medication that restores good health) · hy դեղ (method, device or medication that restores good health) · pt cura (solution to a problem) · ks بٔلرَن (act of healing or state of being healed) · pt convalescença (act of healing or state of being healed) · tr ilaç (method, device or medication that restores good health) · fi lääkekuuri (method, device or medication that restores good health)