remedy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛmədi/
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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
- Something that corrects or counteracts.
- The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
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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.
- The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)