English-Thai Dictionary

remedy

N การรักษา  วิธี การรักษา  cure treatment kan-rak-sa

 

remedy

VT รักษา  เยียวยา  aid cure rak-sa

 

remedy

VT แก้ไข  ทำให้ ถูกต้อง  correct rectify set to rights kea-kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REMEDY

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.

 

REMEDY

v.t. 1. To cure; to heal; as, to remedy a disease.
2. To cure; to remove, as an evil; as, to remedy grief; to remedy the evils of a war.
3. To repair; to remove mischief; in a very general sense.

 

REMEDYING

ppr. Curing; healing; removing; restoring from a bad to a good state.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REMEDY

Rem "e *dy (rm "-d ), n.; pl. Remedies (-d. Etym: [L. remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. remède remedy, remédier 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 )

 

Defn: 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 (-dd ); p. pr. & vb. n.Remedying. ] Etym: [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. rem. See Remedy, n.]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

remedy

rem e dy |ˈremədē ˈrɛmədi | ▶noun ( pl. remedies ) 1 a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury: herbal remedies for aches and pains. • a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable: shopping became a remedy for personal problems. • a means of legal reparation: the doctrine took away their only remedy against merchants who refused to honor their contracts. 2 the margin within which coins as minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight. ▶verb ( remedies, remedying, remedied ) [ with obj. ] set right (an undesirable situation ): by the time a problem becomes patently obvious, it may be almost too late to remedy it. DERIVATIVES rem e di less adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French remedie, from Latin remedium, from re- ‘back ’ (also expressing intensive force ) + mederi ‘heal. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

remedy

rem ¦edy |ˈrɛmɪdi | ▶noun ( pl. remedies ) 1 a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury: herbal remedies for aches and pains. • a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable: shopping became a remedy for personal problems. • a means of legal reparation: compensation is available as a remedy against governmental institutions. 2 the margin within which coins as minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight. ▶verb ( remedies, remedying, remedied ) [ with obj. ] set right (an undesirable situation ): money will be given to remedy the poor funding of nurseries. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French remedie, from Latin remedium, from re- ‘back ’ (also expressing intensive force ) + mederi ‘heal ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

remedy

remedy noun 1 herbal remedies: treatment, cure, medicine, medication, medicament, drug; archaic physic. 2 a remedy for all kinds of problems: solution, answer, cure, antidote, curative, nostrum, panacea, cure-all; informal magic bullet. ▶verb 1 local authorities are working to remedy the situation: put /set right, put /set to rights, right, rectify, solve, sort out, straighten out, resolve, correct, repair, mend, make good. 2 anemia can be remedied by iron pills: cure, treat, heal, make better; relieve, ease, alleviate, palliate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

remedy

remedy noun 1 traditional herbal remedies: treatment, cure, medicine, medication, medicament, drug, restorative; antidote, prophylactic; nostrum, panacea, cure-all; therapy; archaic physic, specific. 2 marriage is sometimes prescribed as a remedy for all kinds of life problems: solution, answer, cure, antidote, corrective, curative, nostrum, panacea, cure-all, heal-all, palliative, balm, magic formula; countermeasure; informal magic bullet. 3 the company is not liable and he has no effective remedy against them: (means of ) redress, (means of ) reparation, comeback. ▶verb 1 little has been done to remedy the situation: put right, set right, set to rights, put to rights, right, rectify, retrieve, solve, fix, sort out, put in order, straighten out, resolve, deal with, correct, repair, mend, redress, make good; improve, amend, ameliorate, make better, better. 2 anaemia can be remedied by iron tablets: cure, treat, heal, make better, counteract, control; relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, palliate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

remedy

rem e dy /rémədi /〖re (再び )medy (癒す )〗名詞 複 -dies /-z /C 1 【問題などに対する 】対策 , 改善法 «for , against » ▸ seek remedies for job discrimination 雇用差別改善策を捜す .2 【病気 痛みに対する 】薬 , 治療 , 療法 «for » ▸ There is no specific remedy for AIDS .エイズに対する特攻治療 [薬 ]はない ▸ herbal remedies 漢方薬 [薬草 ]療法 .3 〘法 〙【権利の侵害に対する 】救済 (方法 ), 補償 «for , against » ▸ a legal remedy 法的救済 ▸ the remedies for copyright infringement 著作権の侵害に対する救済方法 .beyond [past, without ] r é medy ｟かたく ｠改善の方法がない, 治療の術 （すべ ）がない, 修復不可能な .動詞 -dies ; -died ; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈問題 悪い状況など 〉を改善する , …に対処する .2 〈病気など 〉を治療する , 治す .