remedy, remedie, remedye

[O. Fr. *remedie, remede (Fr. remède ), from Lat. remedium a remedy: re -again, and medeor to heal; Sp., Port. & Ital. remedio.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. That which cures or heals any disease; a medicine or application used to heal a disease and restore health. 2. That which serves to remedy, counteract, or repair any hurt that which corrects any evil; redre , reparation. (Followed by for or against , formerly also by to .) "The remedy is wholly in your own hands."-Swift: Drapier's Letters, let. 4. IMG:content-0427.png:[blocks in formation] "In England the remedy of the mint is: Gold, 12 grains per pound in weight, 1-16 of a carat in finene ; silver, 1 dwt, per pound in weight, 1 dwt. per pound in finene ; copper, 1-40 of the weight both in weight and finene . The remedy of United States gold coin is, double eagle, one-half grain; smaller gold coins, one-quarter grain."Knight: Dict. Mechanics, ii. 1,916. 2. Law : The means provided for the recovery of a right, or of compensation for its infringement. "The instruments whereby this remedy is obtained (which are sometimes considered in the light of the rem stone: Comment., bk. iii., ch. 8. "The remediable evils of their conditions." -London Standard.