A Topical Dictionary: Search for Remedies

Dictionary Results For "Remedies" [?]/[OPML]

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]
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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.
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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.
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What may else be remedy or cure
To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,
He will instruct us. --Milton.
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3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
redress for a wrong.
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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.
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Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
relief; aid; help; assistance.
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