Bible Dictionaries
Cure

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Care, heed, or attention.

(2):

(n.) Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.

(3):

(n.) Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.

(4):

(n.) Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure.

(5):

(n.) Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.

(6):

Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; - so called from its originator, Sebastian Kneipp (1821-97), a German priest.

(7):

(v. t.) To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.

(8):

(v. i.) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

(9):

(v. t.) To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; - said of a patient.

(10):

(v. t.) To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; - said of a malady.

(11):

(v. t.) To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.

(12):

(v. i.) To become healed.

(13):

(v. i.) To restore health; to effect a cure.

(14):

(n.) A curate; a pardon.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cure'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cure.html. 1828.