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Webster 1913 Edition
Curer
Cur′er
(-?r)
, Noun.
1.
One who cures; a healer; a physician.
2.
One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Curer
CURER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
curer
curer
English
Noun
curer (plural curers)
Translations
healer — see healer
person who preserves food
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French
Etymology
From Latin cūrāre, present active infinitive of cūrō.
Verb
curer
Conjugation
Conjugation of curer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | curer | avoir curé | |||||
| gerund | en curant | en ayant curé | |||||
| present participle | curant /ky.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | curé /ky.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cure /kyʁ/ |
cures /kyʁ/ |
cure /kyʁ/ |
curons /ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
curez /ky.ʁe/ |
curent /kyʁ/ |
| imperfect | curais /ky.ʁɛ/ |
curais /ky.ʁɛ/ |
curait /ky.ʁɛ/ |
curions /ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
curiez /ky.ʁje/ |
curaient /ky.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | curai /ky.ʁe/ |
curas /ky.ʁa/ |
cura /ky.ʁa/ |
curâmes /ky.ʁam/ |
curâtes /ky.ʁat/ |
curèrent /ky.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | curerai /ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
cureras /ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
curera /ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
curerons /ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
curerez /ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
cureront /ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | curerais /ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
curerais /ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
curerait /ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
curerions /ky.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cureriez /ky.ʁə.ʁje/ |
cureraient /ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cure /kyʁ/ |
cures /kyʁ/ |
cure /kyʁ/ |
curions /ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
curiez /ky.ʁje/ |
curent /kyʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
curasse /ky.ʁas/ |
curasses /ky.ʁas/ |
curât /ky.ʁa/ |
curassions /ky.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
curassiez /ky.ʁa.sje/ |
curassent /ky.ʁas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | cure /kyʁ/ |
— | curons /ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
curez /ky.ʁe/ |
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Related terms
Old French
Etymology
Verb
curer
- (medicine) to treat (an illness, a symptom, etc.)
- 1303, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 142 of this essay:
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On doit avoir plusieurs entencions, car en curant, on doit bien considerer la cause et la nature de la maladie
- One must have several intentions, because in treating, one must consider the cause and the nature of the disease
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On doit avoir plusieurs entencions, car en curant, on doit bien considerer la cause et la nature de la maladie
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of curer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | curer | avoir curé | |||||
| gerund | en curant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | curant | ||||||
| past participle | curé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cur | cures | cure | curons | curez | curent |
| imperfect | curoie, cureie, curoe, cureve | curoies, cureies, curoes, cureves | curoit, cureit, curot, cureve | curiiens, curiens | curiiez, curiez | curoient, cureient, curoent, curevent | |
| preterite | curai | curas | cura | curames | curastes | curerent | |
| future | curerai | cureras | curera | curerons | cureroiz, curereiz, curerez | cureront | |
| conditional | cureroie, curereie | cureroies, curereies | cureroit, curereit | cureriiens, cureriens | cureriiez, cureriez | cureroient, curereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cur | curs | curt | curons | curez | curent |
| imperfect | curasse | curasses | curast | curissons, curissiens | curissoiz, curissez, curissiez | curassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | cure | — | curons | curez | — | ||