• Care, heed, or attention. • 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. • Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure. • Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury. • Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative. • To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient. • To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. • To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. • To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay. • To pay heed; to care; to give attention. • To restore health; to effect a cure. • To become healed. • A curate; a pardon.