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guérit

Guérit is the third-person singular present indicative form of the French verb guérir, which means to heal or to cure. The term covers both healing a disease or injury and the broader sense of recovering from a health condition.

Usage and meaning

Guérir can be transitive, as in guérir une maladie (to cure a disease) or guérir quelqu’un d’une

Conjugation and related forms

The verb guérir is irregular in its present tense: je guéris, tu guéris, il guérit, nous guérissons,

Context and nuance

Guérir is widely used in medical, clinical, and everyday contexts. It can imply a complete cure or

maladie
(to
cure
someone
of
a
disease).
It
can
also
be
used
in
an
intransitive
sense
with
the
preposition
de
to
indicate
recovery
from
a
condition,
for
example
guérir
de
sa
maladie
(to
recover
from
one’s
illness).
In
everyday
language,
guérir
is
commonly
employed
to
describe
medical
recovery
as
well
as
the
improvement
of
symptoms
or
wounds.
The
form
guérit
specifically
denotes
the
present
tense
of
the
subject
in
the
third
person
singular,
as
in
Il
guérit
rapidement.
vous
guérissez,
ils
guérissent.
The
past
participle
is
guéri,
used
in
compound
tenses
such
as
j’ai
guéri.
Related
nouns
include
guérison
(the
act
or
process
of
healing)
and
guérisseur/guérisseuse
(a
healer).
The
adverbial
form
en
guérissant
conveys
the
idea
of
"while
healing"
or
"by
healing."
Common
related
expressions
discuss
recovering
from
illness
or
injury
and
the
effectiveness
of
treatment.
a
successful
recovery,
depending
on
the
situation
and
medical
prognosis.
The
term
is
neutral
in
tone
and
standard
in
both
formal
and
informal
French.