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remedy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.

Meanings

  1. Something that corrects or counteracts.
  2. The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
  3. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
    • Beautie alone is a ſoveraigne remedy againſt feare,griefe,and all melancholy fits; a charm,as Peter de la Seine and many other writers affirme,a banquet it ſelfe;he gives inſtance in diſcontented Menelaus that was ſo often freed by Helenas faire face: and ʰTully, 3 Tusc. cites Epicurus as a chiefe patron of this Tenent. 1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection iv, page 298:
    • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling He said to himself that no doubt they would save her; the doctors would discover some remedy surely. He remembered all the miraculous cures he had been told about. Then she appeared to him dead. She was there; before his eyes, lying on her back in the middle of the road. He reined up, and the hallucination disappeared.
  4. The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
remedies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

legal remedy · home remedy · judicial remedy · builder's remedy · remediless · nonremedy · Bach flower remedy

Synonyms

remeid (Scottish contexts)

Translations (139)

sv botemedel (something that corrects or counteracts) · ar عِلَاج (something that corrects or counteracts) · ar تِرْيَاق (medicine, application, or treatment) · la remedium (medicine, application, or treatment) · es mentolátum (medicine, application, or treatment) · es mentolato (medicine, application, or treatment) · es recurso (legal means) · eo rimedo (something that corrects or counteracts) · hi उपचार (medicine, application, or treatment) · ms rawatan (medicine, application, or treatment) · ja 療法 (medicine, application, or treatment) · bg лекарство (medicine, application, or treatment) · fr remède (something that corrects or counteracts) · ckb چارەسەر (something that corrects or counteracts) · ro remediu (something that corrects or counteracts) · sd ُتَدارُڪ (legal means) · ms remedi (legal means) · kk дауа (medicine, application, or treatment) · la remedium (something that corrects or counteracts) · cs lék (medicine, application, or treatment) · nrf r'miède (medicine, application, or treatment) · ota درمان (medicine, application, or treatment) · cs korekce (legal means) · ru сре́дство (medicine, application, or treatment) · sv botemedel (medicine, application, or treatment) · bg средство (something that corrects or counteracts) · hu jogorvoslat (legal means) · es remedio (something that corrects or counteracts) · gd cungaidh (medicine, application, or treatment) · hu orvosság (something that corrects or counteracts) · hi विधिक उपचार (legal means) · ota علاج (medicine, application, or treatment) · pl remedium (something that corrects or counteracts) · de Gegenmittel (something that corrects or counteracts) · pt remédio (medicine, application, or treatment) · ar تِرْيَاق (something that corrects or counteracts) · pam kapaldanan (medicine, application, or treatment) · ms pemulih (something that corrects or counteracts) · hu orvosság (medicine, application, or treatment) · ba дауа (medicine, application, or treatment) · sq prime (something that corrects or counteracts) · az çarə (something that corrects or counteracts) · it azione giudiziaria (legal means) · hu ellenszer (something that corrects or counteracts) · fi muutoksenhakukeino (legal means) · fi hoito (medicine, application, or treatment) · tl medisina (medicine, application, or treatment) · cs náprava (something that corrects or counteracts) · fi parannuskeino (medicine, application, or treatment) · ota چاره (medicine, application, or treatment) · ru ме́ра (legal means) · pl lek (medicine, application, or treatment) · ca remei (medicine, application, or treatment) · ast remediu (medicine, application, or treatment) · it rimedio (something that corrects or counteracts) · ary دْوا (medicine, application, or treatment) · oc remèdi (something that corrects or counteracts) · gl remedio (something that corrects or counteracts) · grc ἄκος (medicine, application, or treatment) · ga leigheas (something that corrects or counteracts) · cmn 補救措施 /补救措施 (something that corrects or counteracts) · ast remediu (something that corrects or counteracts) · gl remedio (medicine, application, or treatment) · cs léčba (medicine, application, or treatment) · ru лека́рство (medicine, application, or treatment) · ba сара (something that corrects or counteracts) · ro remediu (medicine, application, or treatment) · cmn 療法 /疗法 (medicine, application, or treatment) · kk дауа (something that corrects or counteracts) · kne limidyo (medicine, application, or treatment) · ru сре́дство (something that corrects or counteracts) · hi समाधान (something that corrects or counteracts) · ko 요약 (medicine, application, or treatment) · he מָזוֹר (something that corrects or counteracts) · grc ἴαμα (medicine, application, or treatment) · tr tıp (medicine, application, or treatment) · fr recours (legal means) · pt recurso (legal means) · fi parannuskeino (something that corrects or counteracts) · gd ìoc (medicine, application, or treatment) · it medicamento (medicine, application, or treatment) · fi lääke (medicine, application, or treatment) · tl remedyo (something that corrects or counteracts) · az dərman (medicine, application, or treatment) · ca correcció (legal means) · nl remedie (something that corrects or counteracts) · pt remédio (something that corrects or counteracts) · cs právní prostředky nápravy (legal means) · grc ἴασις (medicine, application, or treatment) · ht remèd (medicine, application, or treatment) · rif asafar (medicine, application, or treatment) · oc recors (legal means) · pt correção (something that corrects or counteracts) · gd leasachadh (something that corrects or counteracts) · ang lācnung (medicine, application, or treatment) · wa riméde (medicine, application, or treatment) · ru сре́дство (legal means) · bg обезщетение (legal means) · ota چاره (something that corrects or counteracts) · pl lekarstwo (medicine, application, or treatment) · de Heilmittel (medicine, application, or treatment) · fa درمان (medicine, application, or treatment) · fa چاره (something that corrects or counteracts) · sa भेषज (medicine, application, or treatment) · hi औषध (medicine, application, or treatment) · fi lääke (something that corrects or counteracts) · sd ُتَدارُڪ (something that corrects or counteracts) · ca remei (something that corrects or counteracts) · tl gamot (medicine, application, or treatment) · bg мярка (something that corrects or counteracts) · az əlac (medicine, application, or treatment) · ms pengubat (medicine, application, or treatment) · bn এলাজ (medicine, application, or treatment) · gd leigheas (medicine, application, or treatment) · it rimedio (medicine, application, or treatment) · mi rongoā (medicine, application, or treatment) · cmn 補救方法 /补救方法 (legal means) · es remedio (medicine, application, or treatment) · tl remedyo (medicine, application, or treatment) · el γιατρικό (medicine, application, or treatment) · fr remède (medicine, application, or treatment) · gl recurso (legal means) · fur rimiedi (something that corrects or counteracts) · txb sāṃtke (medicine, application, or treatment) · cmn 治療 /治疗 (medicine, application, or treatment) · bn দাওয়াই (medicine, application, or treatment) · hi उपाय (something that corrects or counteracts) · az müalicə (medicine, application, or treatment) · pam kepaldanan (medicine, application, or treatment) · sd عِلاجُ (medicine, application, or treatment) · he מָזוֹר (medicine, application, or treatment) · sv kompensation (legal means) · ca correctiu (legal means) · ota علاج (something that corrects or counteracts) · ota درمان (something that corrects or counteracts) · sv gottgörelse (legal means) · oc remèdi (medicine, application, or treatment) · nl remedie (medicine, application, or treatment) · kk дәрі (medicine, application, or treatment)

remedy en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.
    • Nor is geometry, when taken into the assistance of natural philosophy, ever able to remedy this defect, 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 27:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
remedying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remedies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
remedied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remedied Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

unremedied

Relateds

remediable · remedial

Synonyms

cure · redress · correct · help

Translations (31)

gl remediar (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · cmn 糾正 /纠正 (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · da afhjælpe (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · bg лекувам (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · bg поправям (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · ast remediar (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · oc remediar (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · fi parantaa (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · hu orvosol (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · sv lätta (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · fi korjata (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · it rimediare (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · fa چاره کردن (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · sv avhjälpa (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · nb avhjelpe (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · fr remédier (à) (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · el γιατρεύω (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · cmn 彌補 /弥补 (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · grc ἰάομαι (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · th เยียวยา (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · ca remeiar (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · ckb چارەسەرکردن (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · hi उपाय करना (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · es remediar (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · nn avhjelpe (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · it mettere una pezza (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · pt remediar (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · cmn 補救 /补救 (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · de beheben (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · la emendo (To provide or serve as a remedy for) · la medeor (To provide or serve as a remedy for)