Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cure
Cure
cure
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by of) restore (a person or animal) to health (was cured of pleurisy). 2 tr. eliminate (a disease, evil, etc.). 3 tr. preserve (meat, fruit, tobacco, or skins) by salting, drying, etc. 4 tr. a vulcanize (rubber). b harden (concrete or plastic). 5 intr. effect a cure. 6 intr. undergo a process of curing. --n. 1 restoration to health. 2 a thing that effects a cure. 3 a course of medical or healing treatment. 4 a the office or function of a curate. b a parish or other sphere of spiritual ministration. 5 a the process of curing rubber or plastic. b (with qualifying adj.) the degree of this. Phrases and idioms cure-all a panacea; a universal remedy. Derivatives curer n. Etymology: ME f. OF curer f. L curare take care of f. cura care
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin cura, ~ of souls, from Latin, care Date: 14th century 1. spiritual charge ; care, pastoral charge of a parish, 2. recovery or relief from a disease, something (as a drug or treatment) that ~s a disease, a course or period of treatment , spa 1, a complete or permanent solution or remedy , a process or method of curing, ~less adjective II. verb (~d; curing) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to restore to health, soundness, or normality , to bring about recovery from , 2. to deal with in a way that eliminates or rectifies , to free from something objectionable or harmful , to prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use , intransitive verb 1. to undergo a curing process, set 11, to effect a ~, ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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