Meaning

noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

verb provide a cure for, make healthy again

verb prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve

originFrom 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.

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