Remedy
King James Dictionary [1]
Rem'Edy, n. L. remedium re and medeor, to heal.
1. That which cures a disease any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health with for as a remedy for the gout. 2. That which counteracts an evil of any kind with for, to or against usually with for. Civil government is the remedy for the evils of natural liberty. What remedy can be provided for extravagance in dress? The man who shall invent an effectual remedy for intemperance, will deserve every thing from his fellow men. 3. That which cures uneasiness.
Our griefs how swift, our remedies how slow.
4. That which repairs loss or disaster reparation.
In the death of a man there is no remedy.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
(2): ( n.) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.
(3): ( n.) That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; - followed by for or against, formerly by to.
(4): ( n.) That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; - with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
