*curat*

adv. In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. assecuratio, fr. assecurare. ] Assurance; certainty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. cicurare to tame, fr. cicur tame. ] To tame. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cicuration. ] The act of taming. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ SeeCuirass. ] A cuirass or breastplate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. curatus, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura) of souls. See Cure, n., and cf. Curé ] One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

All this the good old man performed alone,
He spared no pains, for curate he had none. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A curacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF.curacion. ] Cure; healing. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F.curatif. See Cure, v. t. ] Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. curare to take care of, fr. cura care. ] 1. One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to curator; as, curatorial duties. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office of a curator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. A woman who cures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A woman who is a guardian or custodian. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; not quite correct; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. The term inaccurate is usually used when an assertion or result is near to the truth, but not exactly, or has some basis for belief; however, it is sometimes used as a gentle euphemism for wrong even if the error is flagrant. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd.

Syn. -- Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; defective. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. obscurativ: cf. F. obscuration. See Obscure, v. t. ] The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. procuratio: cf. F. procuration. See Procure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of procuring; procurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The management of another's affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Ch. of Eng.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Procuration money (Law), money paid for procuring a loan. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. procurateur. See Procure, and cf. Proctor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rom. Antiq.) A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the procurator of Judea. [ 1913 Webster ]

Procurator fiscal (Scots Law), public prosecutor, or district attorney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a procurator, or proctor; made by a proctor. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or term of a procurator. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. procuratorius. ] Tending to, or authorizing, procuration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inaccurate. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]