cures
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Definitions
noun
- 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.
verb
- To restore to health.“Unaided nature cured him.”
- To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.“Unaided nature cured his ailments.”
- To cause to be rid of (a defect).“Experience will cure him of his naïveté.”
- To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.“The smoke and heat cures the meat.”
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curacyhealcurativeremedydiseasesdrugsfixeshealsmedicinesnostrumsprescriptionspreservespriestsremediesresolvessalariessolutions