Remedy

  • 11remedy — [n] cure, solution antidote, assistance, biologic, corrective, counteractant, counteraction, counteractive, counteragent, countermeasure, counterstep, cure all*, drug, elixir, fix, improvement, medicament, medicant, medicine, panacea,… …

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  • 12remedy — ► NOUN (pl. remedies) 1) a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury. 2) a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable. 3) a means of legal reparation. ► VERB (remedies, remedied) ▪ make good (an undesirable situation); re …

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  • 13remedy — [rem′ə dē] n. pl. remedies [ME remedie < Anglo Fr < OFr remede < L remedium < re , again + mederi, to heal, akin to medicus: see MEDICAL] 1. any medicine or treatment that cures, heals, or relieves a disease or bodily disorder or… …

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  • 14remedy — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 treatment/medicine ADJECTIVE ▪ effective, good ▪ common, popular ▪ Ginger is a popular remedy for morning sickness. ▪ traditional …

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  • 15remedy — 01. Ginger tea is an excellent [remedy] for colds. 02. The President s advisor suggested the [remedy] for the economic problems is a tax cut. 03. Many people these days are looking for natural [remedies] to illnesses. 04. The best [remedy] I have …

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  • 16remedy — rem|e|dy1 W3 [ˈremıdi] n plural remedies [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: remedie, from Latin remedium, from mederi to heal ] 1.) a way of dealing with a problem or making a bad situation better = ↑solution ▪ The problems in our schools… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17remedy — n. 1) to resort to a remedy 2) to prescribe a remedy 3) (legal) to pursue a (legal) remedy 4) (legal) to exhaust all (legal) remedies 5) a certain, reliable, sure; effective, efficacious remedy 6) a cold; cough remedy 7) a folk; homeopathic… …

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  • 18remedy — The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented, redressed, or compensated. Long Leaf Lumber, Inc. v. Svolos, La.App., 258 So.2d 121, 124. The means employed to enforce a right or redress an injury, as… …

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  • 19Remedy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Remedy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 remedy remedy help redress Sgm: N 1 anthelmintic anthelmintic Sgm: N 1 antidote antidote antifebrile antipoison counterpoison antitoxin antispasmodic …

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  • 20remedy — I UK [ˈremədɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms remedy : singular remedy plural remedies ** 1) a) a solution to a particular problem Pericles foresaw that peace would lead to unemployment, and among his remedies was a public building programme.… …

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