Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Curá-re, v. a.
1. to care for, look after, attend to; 2. to value, esteem, care, have a respect for; 3. to have a patient under cure; 4. to bleach, whiten. — l'anima, to quiet the conscience;5. to try, endeavour; 6. to protect, defend.— pollastri, to draw or gut fowls, &c.v. r. to make one's self uneasy; s. m. Curá-tóre, f.Curá-tríce; adj. Curá-nte.
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curare: to cure, to care, to take thought or charge of, to dresse, to heale, or cure any sicknesse, or burt. Also to clense, to picke to farme or make cleane.