Hypertext Webster Gateway: "remedy"

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) 1.7 (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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