[syn: aged, cured]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cure \Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cured (k[=u]rd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Curing.] [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to
   cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See
   Cure,.]
   1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to
      make well; -- said of a patient.
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            The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt.
                                                  xvii. 18.
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   2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to
      remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.
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            To cure this deadly grief.            --Shak.
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            Then he called his twelve disciples together, and
            gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix.
                                                  1.
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   3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as
      from a bad habit.
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            I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift.
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   4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to
      preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or
      fish; to cure hay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cured
    adj 1: freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears
           cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely
           recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember
           what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron [syn:
           cured, healed, recovered]
    2: (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to
       improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and
       elasticity) [syn: cured, vulcanized, vulcanised]
    3: (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the
       hardening
    4: (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
    5: (used especially of meat) cured in brine [syn: corned,
       cured]
    6: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is
       pronounced as one syllable) [syn: aged, cured]