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outcure

verb

Etymology

From out- + cure.

  1. derived from cura
  2. derived from cure — “care, cure, healing, cure of souls”
  3. inherited from cure
  4. prefixed as outcure — “out + cure”

Definitions

  1. To cure more effectively than

    To cure more effectively than; to surpass in curing.

    • The Christian Scientists were outcured and outtalked; they ceased to make converts in the congregation, […]
    • The “placebo effect”—the power of mind over illness—is often so strong that the sugar pills frequently outcure the real drugs!

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