Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Redress \Re*dress"\ (r[=e]*dr[e^]s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + dress.]
To dress again.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Redress \Re*dress"\ (r[-e]*dr[e^]s"), v. t. [F. redresser to
straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See
{Dress.}]
1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
[R.]
[1913 Webster]
The common profit could she redress. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
In yonder spring of roses intermixed
With myrtle, find what to redress till noon.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Your wish that I should redress a certain paper
which you had prepared. --A. Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]
2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make
amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
[1913 Webster]
Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . .
I doubt not but with honor to redress. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Redress \Re*dress"\, n.
1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation;
correction; amendment. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us
the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves.
--Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as,
the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy;
reparation; indemnification. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
A few may complain without reason; but there is
occasion for redress when the cry is universal.
--Davenant.
[1913 Webster]
3. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
[1913 Webster]
Fair majesty, the refuge and redress
Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
You know the meaning of this word? click [add this word] to add this word to our database with its meaning, to impart your knowledge for the general benefit
ติดโพย (PopThai)
Move your mouse over the text to see pop-up windows.
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
