cure

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
  2. verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
  3. verb prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

remedy, curative, therapeutic

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