verb. Simple past tense and past participle of cure.

adjective. (used especially of meat) cured in brine

adjective. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry

adjective. (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening

adjective. freed from illness or injury

adjective. (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)

adjective. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

"It was, he went on to show, because they believed that the ills of human society could be cured, _and only cured_, by a proper understanding and a proper observance of the laws of economics that men like his father advocated Free Exchange so strongly and opposed every attempt to disestablish it."

preserved  processed  seasoned  well  

allured  assured  boord  endured  ensured  

cure