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Webster 1913 Edition
Redress
Re-dress′
(rē-drĕs′)
, Verb.
T.
[Pref.
re-
+ dress
.] To dress again.
Re-dress′
(rē̍-drĕs′)
, Verb.
T.
1.
To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
[R.]
The common profit could she
redress
. Chaucer.
In yonder spring of roses intermixed
With myrtle, find what to
With myrtle, find what to
redress
till noon. Milton.
Your wish that I should
redress
a certain paper which you had prepared. A. Hamilton.
2.
To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . .
I doubt not but with honor to
I doubt not but with honor to
redress
. Shakespeare
3.
To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
“’T is thine, O king! the afflicted to redress.” Dryden.
Will Gaul or Muscovite
redress ye
? Byron.
Re-dress′
,Noun.
1.
The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
[R.]
Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy
redress
of ourselves. Hooker.
2.
A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression;
as, the
; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. redress
of grievancesShak.
A few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for
redress
when the cry is universal. Davenant.
3.
One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
Fair majesty, the refuge and
Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress.
redress
Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress.
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Redress
REDRESS'
, v.t.1.
To set right; to amend.In yonder spring of roses, find what to redress till noon.
[In this sense, as applied to material things, rarely used.]
2.
To remedy; to repair; to relieve from, and sometimes to indemnify for; as, to redress wrongs; to redress injuries; to redress grievances. Sovereigns are bound to protect their subjects, and redress their grievances.3.
To ease; to relieve; as, she labored to redress my pain.[We use this verb before the person or the thing. We say, to redress an injured person, or to redress the injury. The latter is most common.]
REDRESS'
, n.1.
Reformation; amendment.For us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves.
[This sense is now unusual.]
2.
Relief; remedy; deliverance from wrong, injury or oppression; as the redress of grievances. We applied to government, but could obtain no redress.There is occasion for redress when the cry is universal.
3.
Reparation; indemnification. [This sense is often directly intended or implied in redress.]4.
One who gives relief.Fair majesty, the refuge and redress of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress.