curable
[kyoo r-uh-buh l]
- capable of being cured.
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Origin of curable
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin cūrābilis, equivalent to cūrā(re) to care for (derivative of cūra care) + -bilis -ble
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It is supposed that she is uncurable by all wise and rational means of persuasion.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4)Richard Baxter
Where defects are uncurable, the teacher must show how they may be palliated and sometimes even converted into graces.
A Treatise on the Art of DancingGiovanni-Andrea Gallini
Not that he could make her from woman to man, or redeem her from the uncurable propensities her sex had given her.
On the SeaboardAugust Strindberg
How easily may many a disease be cured, if it be taken in time, which afterwards is uncurable!
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)Richard Baxter
curable
- capable of being cured
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Word Origin and History for uncurable
curable
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
curable
(kyur′ə-bəl)- Capable of being cured or healed.
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