These are the meanings of the letters REPUC when you unscramble them.
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Cure (n.)
Care, heed, or attention.
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Cure (n.)
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.
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Cure (n.)
Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
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Cure (n.)
Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.
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Cure (n.)
Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.
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Cure (v. t.)
To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.
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Cure (v. t.)
To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.
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Cure (v. t.)
To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.
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Cure (v. t.)
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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Cure (v. i.)
To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
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Cure (v. i.)
To restore health; to effect a cure.
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Cure (v. i.)
To become healed.
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Cure (n.)
A curate; a pardon.
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Ecru (a.)
Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.
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Puce (a.)
Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.
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Pure (superl.)
Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
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Pure (superl.)
Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.
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Pure (superl.)
Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.
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Pure (superl.)
Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
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Pure (superl.)
Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.