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recure

verb
/ɹɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English recure, probably partly from Latin recūrāre, and partly from a reduced form of recover.

  1. derived from recūrāre
  2. inherited from recure

Definitions

  1. To cure, heal.

    • Be eschaunge of hym ye myghte best recure Withoute strif youre owne man ageyn

  2. To restore (something) to a good condition.

    • Phoebus pure / In weſterne waues his weary wagon did recure.

  3. To recover, regain (something that had been lost).

    • By this he had ſweet life recur’d agayne […]
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To arrive at

      To arrive at; to reach; to attain.

    2. cure

      cure; remedy; recovery

      • But whom he hits without recure he dies[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA