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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.
Definition 2024
redress
redress
English
Pronunciation
Verb
redress (third-person singular simple present redresses, present participle redressing, simple past and past participle redressed)
- To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
- Milton
- In yonder spring of roses intermixed / With myrtle, find what to redress till noon.
- A. Hamilton
- your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared
- Milton
- To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- Shakespeare
- Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, […] / I doubt not but with honour to redress.
- Shakespeare
- To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- Dryden
- 'Tis thine, O king! the afflicted to redress.
- Byron
- Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye?
- Dryden
- (obsolete, transitive) To put upright again; to restore.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
- ‘Well,’ sayde Sir Palomydes, ‘than shall ye se how we shall redresse oure myghtes!’
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
Derived terms
Translations
To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise
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To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from
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To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon
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To put upright again; to restore
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Noun
redress (plural redresses)
- The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
- A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
- One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
Translations
The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment
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A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification
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One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
redress (third-person singular simple present redresses, present participle redressing, simple past and past participle redressed)
- To dress again.
- 1963, Albert J. Solnit, Milton J. E. Senn, Sally Provence, Modern perspectives in child development (page 588)
- The teacher first undressed and redressed the doll for the child, then showed her how to pull the snaps apart. No other activity interested the little girl, and after repeated demonstrations she was still trying unsuccessfully to undress the doll.
- 1963, Albert J. Solnit, Milton J. E. Senn, Sally Provence, Modern perspectives in child development (page 588)
- To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
Noun
redress (plural redresses)
- The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- This is a redress of the office set.