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Re*dress" (r?*dr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + dress.] To dress again.
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Re*dress" (r?*dr?s"), v. t. [F. redresser to straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See Dress.]
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1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [R.]
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The common profit could she redress. Chaucer.
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In yonder spring of roses intermixed
With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton.
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Your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared. A. Hamilton.
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2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
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Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . .
I doubt not but with honor to redress. Shak.
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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.
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Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? Byron.
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Re*dress", n. 1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [R.]
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Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves. Hooker.
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2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. Shak.
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A few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for redress when the cry is universal. Davenant.
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3. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
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Fair majesty, the refuge and redress
Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress. Dryden.
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