cūrō — meaning in English

English meaning

• care noun Serious attention or effort put into avoiding mistakes or harm.
• cure noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
• heal verb To make well again after illness or injury; to recover.
• treat verb To behave toward someone or something in a particular way.

Senses

cūrō is used for these senses in English:

• care (transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
• care (intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.
• cure (transitive) To restore to health.
• heal (transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
• heal (intransitive) To become better or healthy again.
• look after (transitive, obsolete) To expect, look forward to. [14th–18th c.]
• take care (intransitive) To be cautious, careful or prudent.
• take care (intransitive) To mind, or be in charge of something.

care — full definition

1. noun Serious attention or effort put into avoiding mistakes or harm.
2. noun Worry or concern about something.
3. noun The looking after of someone's health, safety, or wellbeing.
4. verb To feel concern or interest about something.
5. verb To look after someone or something (usually with "for").

cure — full definition

1. noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
2. verb To restore someone to health, or to fix a problem completely.
3. verb To preserve food, typically meat or fish, by salting, smoking, or drying.

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