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remedy


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Remedy  \Rem"e*dy\  (r?m"?-d?),  n.;  pl  {Remedies}  (-d?z).  [L. 
  remedium  pref.  re-  re-  +  mederi  to  heal,  to  cure:  cf  F. 
  rem[`e]de  remedy,  rem['e]dier  to  remedy.  See  {Medical}.] 
  1.  That  which  relieves  or  cures  a  disease;  any  medicine  or 
  application  which  puts  an  end  to  disease  and  restores 
  health;  --  with  for  as  a  remedy  for  the  gout. 
 
  2.  That  which  corrects  or  counteracts  an  evil  of  any  kind  a 
  corrective;  a  counteractive;  reparation;  cure;  --  followed 
  by  for  or  against,  formerly  by  to 
 
  What  may  else  be  remedy  or  cure  To  evils  which  our 
  own  misdeeds  have  wrought,  He  will  instruct  us 
  --Milton. 
 
  3.  (Law)  The  legal  means  to  recover  a  right  or  to  obtain 
  redress  for  a  wrong 
 
  {Civil  remedy}.  See  under  {Civil}. 
 
  {Remedy  of  the  mint}  (Coinage),  a  small  allowed  deviation 
  from  the  legal  standard  of  weight  and  fineness;  --  called 
  also  {tolerance}. 
 
  Syn:  Cure;  restorative;  counteraction;  reparation;  redress; 
  relief;  aid;  help;  assistance. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Remedy  \Rem"e*dy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Remedied}  (-d?d);  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Remedying}.]  [L.  remediare,  remediari:  cf  F. 
  rem?dier.  See  {Remedy},  n.] 
  To  apply  a  remedy  to  to  relieve;  to  cure;  to  heal;  to 
  repair;  to  redress;  to  correct;  to  counteract. 
 
  I  will  remedy  this  gear  ere  long.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  remedy 
  n  1:  act  of  correcting  an  error  or  a  fault  or  an  evil  [syn:  {redress}, 
  {remediation}] 
  2:  a  medicine  or  therapy  that  cures  disease  or  relieve  pain 
  [syn:  {curative},  {cure}] 
  v  1:  set  straight  or  right  [syn:  {rectify},  {amend}] 
  2:  provide  relief  for  [syn:  {relieve}] 




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