cura-, cur-

Director of libraries.

1. A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting.
2. The function or power of someone who is authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another person.
3. Etymology: from about 1440, prokecye, "agency of one who acts instead of another"; contraction of Anglo-French procuracie, from Middle Latin procuratia, "administration"; from Latin procuratio, "care, management" from procurare, "to manage".

Etymology: "cleanse by rubbing", from about 1300, from Middle Dutch scuren, "to polish, to clean" and from Old French escurer, both from Late Latin excurare "to clean off"; literally, "to take good care of"; from Latin ex-, "out" + curare, "to care for".

1. Free from danger or attack; such as, a secure fortress.
2. Free from risk of loss; safe: "Her papers were secure in the safe deposit box."
3. Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized people: "Only one telephone line in the embassy was secure."
4. Free from fear, anxiety, or doubt.
5. Not likely to fail or give way; stable: "She used a secure stepladder when she wanted to get objects from her high bookcase."
6. Firmly fastened: such as, a secure lock.
7. Reliable; dependable: "He always tried to make secure investments."
8. Assured; certain: "With three soccer goals in the first period, they had a secure victory; but somehow they lost the game."
8. Archaic, being careless or overconfident.
9. Etymology: "without care," from Latin securus, "without care, safe"; from se cura, from se, "free from" + cura, "care".

Meaning "firmly fixed" (of material things) is from 1841, on the notion of "affording grounds for confidence". Security is attested from 1432, from Latin securitas, from securus.

1. In a secure manner; such as, in a manner free from danger: "The mother held the child securely."
2. In a confident and unselfconscious manner: "She acts very securely in front of the camera."
3. In a manner free from fear or risk.
4. In an invulnerable manner; "the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of the military troops from positions which they had quite securely held."

1. The state or feeling of being safe and protected.
2. The assurance that something of value will not be taken away; such as, job security.
3. Something that provides a sense of protection against loss, attack, or harm: "They had the security of knowing that the vehicle was thoroughly checked before departing on their trip."
4. Protection against attack from another country or subversion from within; such as, being a matter of national security.
5. Precautions taken to keep someone, or something, safe from crime, attack, or danger: "The neighbors took strong security measures to protect their property from burglars."
6. Guards, people, or an organization entrusted with the job of protecting people or something; especially, a building or institution, against crime.
7. Something pledged to guarantee fulfillment of an obligation; especially, an asset guaranteeing repayment of a loan that becomes the property of the creditor if the loan is not repaid.
8. A guarantor, or person or financial institution, that pledges to fulfill another person's obligation should that other person fail to do so.

Like things are cured by likes; or, Similar ailments are treated successfully by similar remedies.

"Fight fire with fire." An example of this philosophy may be seen in the doctrine of homeopathy which advocates treatment of a disease by giving the sick person small amounts of substances that would produce symptoms of the same disease if they were given to a healthy person.

An opposite belief may be seen in Contraria contrariis curantur., or "Opposites are cured by opposites."

Without cares.

An office [or position] that requires no work, yet provides compensation; an office without duties.

Month-to-month resuscitation.