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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. {Remedies} (-d?z). [L.
   remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
   rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See {Medical}.]
   1. 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.

   2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
      corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed
      by for or against, formerly by to.

            What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our
            own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us.
                                                  --Milton.

   3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
      redress for a wrong.

   {Civil remedy}. See under {Civil}.

   {Remedy of the mint} (Coinage), a small allowed deviation
      from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called
      also {tolerance}.

   Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
        relief; aid; help; assistance.

Remedy \Rem"e*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remedied} (-d?d); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Remedying}.] [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F.
   rem?dier. See {Remedy}, n.]
   To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to
   repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.

         I will remedy this gear ere long.        --Shak.

资料来源 : WordNet®

remedy
     n 1: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn: {redress},
           {remediation}]
     2: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
        [syn: {curative}, {cure}]
     v 1: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify
          the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn:
           {rectify}, {remediate}, {repair}, {amend}]
     2: provide relief for; "remedy his illness" [syn: {relieve}]