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  • 61cur´a|bly — cur|a|ble «KYUR uh buhl», adjective. that can be cured: »With proper care and medicine tuberculosis is a curable disease. –cur´a|bly, adverb. –cur´a|ble|ness, noun …

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  • 62cur|a|ble — «KYUR uh buhl», adjective. that can be cured: »With proper care and medicine tuberculosis is a curable disease. –cur´a|bly, adverb. –cur´a|ble|ness, noun …

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  • 63cur´a|tive|ness — cur|a|tive «KYUR uh tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. having the power to cure; tending to cure; curing; remedial: »We do not seek a peace other than one which will be curative and creative (Time). –n. a means of curing; remedy. –cur´a|tive|ly,… …

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  • 64cur´a|tive|ly — cur|a|tive «KYUR uh tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. having the power to cure; tending to cure; curing; remedial: »We do not seek a peace other than one which will be curative and creative (Time). –n. a means of curing; remedy. –cur´a|tive|ly,… …

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  • 65cur|a|tive — «KYUR uh tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. having the power to cure; tending to cure; curing; remedial: »We do not seek a peace other than one which will be curative and creative (Time). –n. a means of curing; remedy. –cur´a|tive|ly, adverb.… …

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  • 66cur´so|ri|ness — cur|so|ry «KUR suhr ee», adjective. without attention to details; hasty and superficial: »He gave the lesson a cursory glance, expecting to study it later. Even a cursory reading of the letter showed many errors. SYNONYM(S): rapid, hurried.… …

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  • 67cur|tail´ment — cur|tail «kur TAYL», transitive verb. to cut short; cut off part of; reduce; lessen: »The boy s father curtailed his allowance from $1 to 50 cents. SYNONYM(S): abbreviate, abridge, diminish. See syn. under shorten. (Cf. ↑shorten) ╂[variant of… …

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  • 68cur|tail´er — cur|tail «kur TAYL», transitive verb. to cut short; cut off part of; reduce; lessen: »The boy s father curtailed his allowance from $1 to 50 cents. SYNONYM(S): abbreviate, abridge, diminish. See syn. under shorten. (Cf. ↑shorten) ╂[variant of… …

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  • 69cur|tail — «kur TAYL», transitive verb. to cut short; cut off part of; reduce; lessen: »The boy s father curtailed his allowance from $1 to 50 cents. SYNONYM(S): abbreviate, abridge, diminish. See syn. under shorten. (Cf. ↑shorten) ╂[variant of curtal;… …

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  • 70cur-dog — cur dog, cur dog see cur …

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