cure

Meanings

A method, device or medication that restores good health.
Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
A solution to a problem.
A process of preservation, as by smoking.
A process of solidification or gelling.
A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.
Care, heed, or attention.
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.

To restore to health.
To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
To cause to be rid of (a defect).
To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
To bring about a cure of any kind.
To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
To preserve (food), typically by salting
To solidify or gel.
To become healed.
To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure, from Latin cura ("care, medical attendance, cure"). Displaced native Old English hǣlu.
From Middle English curen, from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre. Partially displaced Old English ġehǣlan, whence Modern English heal.

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