Meaning
A medicine or treatment that makes an ill person well again.
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Word origin
From Latin cura, meaning care or looking after someone.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cura
- English cognates
- careful, curious
Grammar
Examples
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"A cure for" an illness makes the illness go away.
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Here "cure" is the thing that would make you well.
cured .
"Cured" is the verb: it made her well again.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 12: cure, seal, farm and 5 more words.