redressn.
/rᵻˈdrɛs/, U.S. /rəˈdrɛs/, /riˈdrɛs/ 1.
a. Originally Scottish. Reparation or compensation for a wrong or consequent loss.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun]
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menda1400
redemptiona1400
curation?c1400
amends making?a1425
mends-makinga1425
recompensec1425
expiation1482
agreement1526
contentation1535
sythmentc1540
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atonement1611
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1384 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 5 For the tyme is to schort to mak full redrasse beforsayd.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 178 He salbe for hir part, herd jn jugement, and haue redress and reformacioun of lawe for hir.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 198 The king send oft till ask redress, Bot nocht thar-of redress ther wes.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 2051 Ne redresse for þe dethe of his dere fader, Ne to harmes þat he hade was no hede takyn.
1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 578 To seik redres be the ordinar magistrattis.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 110 But for these foolish officers, I beseech you I may haue redresse against them. View more context for this quotation
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iv. 75 If the Archbishop failed to do justice, the Last complaint must be to the King, to give order for redresse.
1741 Bp. J. Butler Serm. before House of Lords 19 Whilst Redress is delaied,..Wrong subsists.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 822 God..would else..endure Dishonour, and be wronged without redress.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. i. 43 Think not But that there is redress where there is wrong, So we be bold enough to seize it.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 119 He who gives credit, and is cheated, will have no redress.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 618/1 The maffioso considers it dishonourable to have recourse to lawful authority to obtain redress for a wrong or a crime committed against him.
2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) i. 25 When an individual suffers a loss or is harmed in some way, they seek redress through the civil courts using the law of torts.
b. day of redress: (originally) a day appointed for examining claims for redress; (also more generally) a time or occasion for reparation, compensation, or rectification; a day of reckoning. Now rare.
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1385 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) VII. 468 That Day of Radress sal be halden betwix yam.
1473 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 788 (MED) Sleuth and Negligence hath bene..in Default of Metyng and Keping of the Dayis of Redresse upon the Bordours.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 6952 Bot at þe dayis of radres Þe mast part radressit was.
1595 State Papers Domest. Elizabeth I 19 June (P.R.O.: SP 12/252/80) f. 151 Thos who now aganst ther conciences goe to church loke for a day of redresse.
1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqherin II. 198 The poor defenceless landholders, who..had been dispossessed of their villages and heridatary estates, by the rapacious violence of short-sighted zemindars, found now that the day of redress was come for them.
1830 Times 30 Apr. 3/6 Whether the proceeding..will be attended with any advantage to the holders of Cortes bonds remains to be ascertained. The day of redress, it is to be feared, is still far distant.
1868 Catholic World July 497/1 But the day of redress is at hand, we trust.
1919 E. A. Holt tr. H. Baudesson Indo-China & Primitive People i. 8 The Moï is very revengeful and awaits with patience the day of redress.
a1921 R. S. Craig Hawick & Border (1927) xvii. 183 Lord Dacre..was writing to Lord Maxwell, Warden of the West, refusing the Warden's day of redress.
c. Remedy for or relief from trouble; †assistance, aid, help (obsolete). Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [noun] > help in trouble, danger, or difficulty
bootOE
dischargec1390
relief?1406
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relievement1443
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 528 Why nylt þi self helpen don redresse, And with þy manhod letten al þis grame.
a1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 162 The ground and cause of all my peyn..I wil rehers not for to haue redres But for to declare my ground of heuynes.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 15 (MED) What consolacion or redresse knowest thou hope to fynde in suche perplexite.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 21 They trusted than to fynde some redresse for themselfe and for their horses.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxvii. 6 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 102 To nightly anguish thrall. From thee I sought redresse.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iv. sig. P6 He..ranne to his redresse . View more context for this quotation
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. vi. §4. 255 There is no sicknesse, but it hath his redresse.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 619 My griefs..finding no redress, ferment and rage. View more context for this quotation
1724 W. Philips Belisarius iv. 45 Oh ease his Pains!—And is there no Redress?
1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 20 Oct. 66 He who best knows how to conceal his necessities and desires, is the most likely person to find redress.
1812 G. Crabbe Tales xii. 223 Nor from his sorrows could he find redress.
1887 J. D. Billings Hardtack & Coffee xv. 291 There was no redress or relief until his muleship got ready to move.
1999 V. Wosket Therapeutic Use of Self 6 I work short term with a problem-management perspective that gives the client some relief and redress from immediate difficulties.
d. Rectification, amendment, improvement.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun]
rightingOE
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restauration1560
correcting1580
rightening1583
emendation1586
restitution1636
cure1675
reform1700
readjustment1749
remediation1794
redressal1800
redressment1822
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Giiiiv Full many thynges there be that lacketh redresse.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres ii. xliv. sig. Iv So that there were some orderly redresse In those disorders.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 121 Too long have we driven off the applying of our redress.
1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 286 The pernicious effects, to farmers, of this abominable practice, are notorious, and cry aloud for redress.
1834 Christian Examiner & Church of Ireland Mag. June 428/1 An opening once made for innovation gives occasion to alterations, not limited to the particulars which were supposed to stand in need of redress.
1883 Glasgow Herald (Electronic text) 17 Nov. The social system of England is as much in need of redress as that of any other country.
1903 Times 28 Jan. 10/2 The manner in which the competition..is being met by the Conference Lines is the real matter at issue which..needs redress.
1999 J. Charkham & A. Simpson Fair Shares vi. 62 This is an anomaly which requires redress.
2. The action of redressing; correction, reparation, or amendment of a situation, a grievance, etc.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun]
rightingOE
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addressment1481
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restauration1560
correcting1580
rightening1583
emendation1586
restitution1636
cure1675
reform1700
readjustment1749
remediation1794
redressal1800
redressment1822
the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > putting right a wrong or loss
rightingOE
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restitution1395
reformation1405
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restaurationa1513
reparating1517
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refoundiment1555
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resarciation?1609
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1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 42 (MED) Yf ther be eny poynte of grete difficultee or travers, the seide Juges and I woll putte to owr labour to the remedy and redresse therof.
a1450 (?1420) J. Lydgate Temple of Glas (Tanner) (1891) 701 (MED) Redresse of sorow, o Citheria.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 103 To theyr cure schal be commyttyd the redresse of many grete dyseasys, in thys polytyke body.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 30 For the redresse of many casualties chancing in the night.
1643 Order of Parl. Regulating Printing 3 The bill in preparation, for redresse of the said disorders.
1696 C. Cibber Love's Last Shift v. ii. 99 I have not patience to wait the slow redress of a Tedious Law-Suit!
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 12. ⁋16 There might be some Hopes of Redress of these Grievances.
1769 Boston Gaz. 13 Nov. in Copies Proc. Several Assemblies (1770) 8 In the Opinion of this House, it ever was, and now is, the undoubted Right of British American Subjects, to petition their Sovereign for the Redress of Grievances.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. iv. 76 Arming familiar things To the redress of an unwonted crime.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §5. 138 The great principle that redress of wrongs precedes a grant to the Crown.
1903 Harvard Law Rev. 16 490 The facility which that procedure would afford for the constant redress of labor grievances..would tend to increase rather than to diminish the number of strikes.
1999 B. Xu Disenchanted Democracy i. 53 Their concern is to avoid self-reproach..rather than fighting for the redress of injustice.
3. Possibility or means of redress; appeal against a decision.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [noun] > appeal
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redress1467
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1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 408 (MED) Therof notice to be made to the Baillies..they to reforme without accion or redresse suche maters.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 31 No fals dealing, or unperforming should be thrust upon men without redress, if the covnant bee so divine.
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. II. 406 The king was empowered to issue a proclamation to destroy the lives, or take away the properties, of any of his subjects; and the only redress was to himself in council.
1789 E. Hands Death of Amnon i. B4 Shall David's meanest subjects smile secure Beneath his prudent equitable sway, Their least complaints regarded? and his son Repine without redress?
1834 Working Man's Advocate 8 Mar. 1/2 The note holders are not to..be told that they must pocket the loss; that they have no redress.
1861 N. Wales Chron. 7 Dec. 3/5 Our redress is to appeal to the Poor-Law Board.
1900 Times 21 May 8/6 The reactionaries..want to force a cast-iron Constitution on the people, who will have no redress unless there is a Court of Appeal higher than the local Supreme Court.
2008 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 24 Apr. 14 Our only redress is to take the offending vehicle's number..and make a complaint.
4. † b. A person who or thing which provides redress. Obsolete.
a. A means or an instance of redress; an amendment, an improvement; a reparation.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > putting right a wrong or loss > means of
redress?1467
the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > instance of
redress1578
correctivea1676
revision1800
amends1888
?1467 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 197 (MED) I will that, if any man have been wronfully doone to..by supportacion in my unlawfull title, that therin ye see a redresse.
1474–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 3rd Roll §57. m. 2 That the lordes..have full auctorite to discusse and set theryn a redresse after their discretions.
1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Dvj Graunte..that he wyll ernestly go a boute to se a redresse a monge them.
1547 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 77 Redressis suld be maid of all dampnaiges.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 62 So the Father..causeth a redresse and amendement in his childe.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 292 I take your princely word for these redresses . View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 38 The guiltles therfore were not depriv'd thir needful redresses.
1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 33 The sick Man just expiring for want of a speedy Redress by..proper Remedies.
1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. (1772) II. 170 The Spaniards, instead of granting a redress, had rather extorted a release for their former conduct.
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 303/1 They would have been rendered yet more incapable of procuring a redress for their grievances in a legislative form.
1849 Blackwood's Mag. June 762 Now Achilles..in over-weening anger fashions out a redress for himself which the Father of Gods and Men grants.
1903 Times 28 Mar. 8/4 The plea for redress in the incidence of local rating was much more powerful and urgent than the plea for a redress of the basis of Imperial taxation.
1998 Racial & Ethnic Tensions Amer. Communities (U.S. Comm. Civil Rights) 317/2 You cannot go to court and say, ‘Because this was something done, an injustice committed, therefore I have a redress.’
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > one who or that which
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rectifier1607
redressor1643
corrective1768
renovator1827
readjuster1850
Mr Fixit1924
fixer-upper1932
c1530 Court of Love 591 They seid: Venus, redresse of all division, Goddes eterne [etc.].
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 66 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Is not the Sword the most violent redresse that may bee used for any evill?
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 226 Fair Majesty, the Refuge and Redress Of those whom Fate pursues, and Wants oppress.
1757 C. Arnold Poems Several Occasions 226 The Lord of Hosts is with us in Distress; The God of Jacob is our sure Redress.
5. beyond, †past, †without redress: beyond the possibility of remedy, aid, or amendment.
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1543 J. Hales tr. Plutarch Preceptes Preseruacion Healthe Ded. sig. *vv Men somtyme wyllingly must bryng their bodies out of temper.., who for ye safete of the hoole commen wealth be enforced vpon presente occasion.., to dooe thinges out of hand, which without great daunger will not tarye time, whom neither Aesculapius nor any man that hath reason, would to bee without redresse.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 170 Things past redresse, are now with me past care. View more context for this quotation
1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracle 5 That which wounds my soule beyond redresse, And aggravates my griefe above excesse.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 350 As the Cretan Labyrinth of old,..Involv'd the weary Feet, without redress.
1700 J. Jackson Let. in S. Pepys Diary & Corr. (1879) VI. 232 And were immediately smothered without redress.
1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. (1772) II. 189 Damaged their transports beyond redress.
1773 M. Warren Adulateur v. i The manacles prepared by Brundos hand, Cruel Rapatio, with more fatal art, Has fixd, has rivetted beyond redress.
1832 J. F. Cooper Heidenmauer II. viii. 103 Most of the dormitories, kitchens, and outer buildings were consumed, so far as the materials allowed, beyond redress.
1871 Harper's Mag. Oct. 774/2 Any reference to her sister's approaching marriage..would have sufficed to make her assume an air of gloomy grandeur, as of one injured past redress.
1954 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 20 550 Economically, too, the situation, from a Russian standpoint, was not beyond redress.
2002 Modesto (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 19 Apr. b6 He was..both naive and heroic in his assumption that no political establishment was beyond improvement, no malfeasance beyond redress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
redressv.1
/rᵻˈdrɛs/, U.S. /rəˈdrɛs/, /riˈdrɛs/ 1.
a. transitive. To obtain redress for (an injury, damage, harm, etc.); to set right, repair, rectify.intransitive in quot. a16162.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)]
i-bete971
rightOE
rightlecheOE
menda1382
redress1384
rectifyc1475
1384 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 349/1 That..nane..sal do skathe to tha of the boundes of the tothir partie bot tha sall ger it be redressit als law of marche vill enterchaungeabely.
a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) 1552 Ȝif he and his good quene Wol ȝeue his douȝter Pollexene..Alle harmes y shal redresse.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 448 (MED) Þe deth..Of worþi Hector..Þe whiche..With his swerd he shope hym to redresse.
c1536 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hist. & Chron. Scotl. (1821) II. 164 Al othir beistis that eittis mennis corne..sal be poindit, quhil the awnar thairof redres the skaithis be thaim done.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 4917 Redresse vs the domage þat he don has By Paris, his proude son.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 126 Those bitter Iniuries..I doubt not, but with Honor to redresse . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 47 Speake, strike, redresse. Brutus, thou sleep'st: awake. View more context for this quotation
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 16 He hoped the King of England would redresse some iniuries done to subiectes of this state by some of his.
1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 177 Necessity sharpens their Wit, and puts 'em upon redressing the Injuries of Fortune.
1762 R. Hurd Let. Chivalry & Romance (ed. 2) iv. 34 When government was weak and unable to redress the frequent injuries of petty sovereigns, it would be glorious for private adventurers to undertake this work.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiii. 199 It rested with Austria to prevent or redress the threatened outrage.
1878 Princess Alice Mem. (1884) 367 The Opposition seems to me..to have done her a greater harm than can ever be redressed.
1947 Calif. Law Rev. 35 455 These objections seem to assume that suit by the corporation..will properly redress the injuries of the shareholders.
1992 Blue Wings Aug.–Sept. 41/2 Factories and machines are old and worn out, enormous environmental damage must be redressed, and companies are heavily indebted.
b. transitive. With wrong as object.
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the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > put right (a wrong or loss)
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to make good1569
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to set up1610
to get up1688
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 1008 Þer-with mene I fynally þe peyne..Fully to slen and euery wrong redresse.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 224 It slakis Ire off wrang thai suld radres.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 158 To hym longyth nedes to Esplete,..wronges to redresse.
1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne sig. Bviiiv I woulde se all theyr wrongis redreste.
1660 E. Waller To King on his Return 62 Armies and fleets..Owned their great Sovereign, and redressed his wrong.
1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. viii. 43 The Sword of Athol Was never drawn but to redress the Wrongs His Country suffer'd.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 795 A heart To feel, and courage to redress her wrongs.
1811 Brit. Rev. June 481 There is no temporal power to administer justice and redress wrongs.
1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ x. 444 The wrong indeed was redressed, as far as redress was possible.
1918 Columbia Law Rev. 18 175 A sovereign state may avail itself of the courts of a foreign jurisdiction to redress a wrong done it in respect to its property.
1987 A. Theroux Adultery 376 She rose to redress all those wrongs that for so long had rankled within.
c. transitive. With complaint or grievance as object.
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1473 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 788 (MED) Thai [sc. the Lords' Wardens] shall..Redresse all such Compleyntis.
1564 Proclam. Elizabeth I 18 Feb. 1 The kyng of Spayne and his subiectes, appoynted speciall commissioners of trust, to haue an extraordinary power and aucthoritie, to heare, and spedely to determine and redresse all such complaintes.
1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Sclaunderous Articles sig. Dijv We will not heare your complaints because we cannot redresse your complaints.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 168 This containes our generall grieuances, Each seuerall article herein redrest . View more context for this quotation
1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον ii. 34 Let Mercury be sent, To summon a celestiall Parliament, Exclude the common crew.., To sit with thee in Councell, or debate, To redresse grievances ith' Lovers state.
1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 8. 52 [I] bring a Complaint before you, which it is your Province to redress.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxvi. 293 Some persons..believed that it would be safer to prevent than to redress grievances.
1823 J. Stewart View Present & Past State Jamaica xii. 188 He may hear and redress their complaints.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. i. 12 At present it was not understood that he had redressed any grievances.
1957 Economist 5 Oct. 15/2 To dangle before the tenants..the idea that a Labour government will ‘promptly’ redress their grievances..might politely be described as politicking.
2006 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 22 Watchdogs will ultimately be judged by their ability to redress complaints quickly, effectively and fairly.
2. transitive. To make amends or reparation for (one's action); to atone for (a misdeed or offence). Somewhat rare after 16th cent.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)]
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to pay for——c1400
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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 457 We haveþ among us noþer doomes ne plee, for we doþ nouȝt þat nedeþ to be redressed [?a1475 anon. tr. thynges to be correcte; L. corrigenda] by plee oþer by dome.
c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 141 (MED) Who-so greueþ him [sc. God] Is worþi to go To helle-fuir, but he hit redes [read redres].
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3302 Take with thy teeth the bridel faste and eke thee caste If that thou maist to gete thee defence Forto redresse thi first offence.
?1542 E. Gosynhyll Prayse of all Women sig. Biiiv Yf a man without womans consent Myght haue redrest the fyrste offence It had nat neded the omnipotent To haue come hym selfe to make ye admendes.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 148 Vnlawfull vsurpation a penitent affection must redresse.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxv. 48 He had now quieted his conscience, in proffering to redress the injury he had done.
1871 N. Wales Chron. (Electronic text) 14 Jan. What a scandalous thing it was that the poor labouring man should be obliged to put his hand in his pocket to redress the crime..committed by the landlord!
2003 P. G. Derr & E. M. McNamara Case Stud. Environmental Ethics xxvi. 148 The project seeks to ‘redress our immoral actions when we willfully and wrongly exterminated this animal’.
3. † a. transitive. To settle (discord or debate). Obsolete.† c. transitive. To remedy the lack of (something). Obsolete. rare.
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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 191 Ȝif þere fil ony discord bytwene the tweyn, þe þridde schulde redresse [?a1475 anon. tr. scholde remove; L. reformaret] it.
1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 46 (MED) Þe same Maistres & breþeren shul do her diligence trewly to redresse it [sc. a dispute between guild members].
c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 207 (MED) Ynow and more than oure wittes may redresse or our paciences suffre, we haue on us discoordes and debates.
a1633 Epigrammes xli. 74 They haue no meanes these discords to redresse.
1682 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Peebles (1910) 103 To..advyse with..a lawer quhatt is fitt to be done to redres the tumult.
b. transitive. To correct, reform, or abolish (a fault or an undesirable state of affairs).
ΚΠ
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 5269 To redresce At hom the grete unrihtwisnesse.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 674 They wolde han writen of men moore wikkednesse Than al the mark of Adam may redresse.
1449 Rolls of Parl. V. 149/2 To redresse the defaultes of the said maire and constables.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 97 (MED) All derkenesses and all opin iniquites by it [sc. holy law] arn redressed.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 48 The general fautys & mysordurys.., wych by commyn counseyle & gud pollycy may be redressyd.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. iii. sig. Iv/1 Our detestable cursings,..which verie fewe magistrates..go about to redresse.
1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 33 For such Wines redresse and amend the coldnesse of Complexion.
1675 A. Marvell Let. 26 Oct. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 167 The Atheisme Profanesse and Impiety among the People were one point to be redressed.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 446. ¶4 That the Lewdness of our Theatre should be..so well exposed, and so little redressed.
1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 632 Ever anxious to redress The abuses of her sacred charge.
1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism ii. 77 Spiritual despotism is necessarily redressed or excluded when theology is reformed.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §5. 254 In a vigorous campaign he pacified Ireland while redressing the abuses of its government.
1939 tr. É. Daladier in Times 11 Oct. 8/3 It is necessary..to redress the abuses of force.
2005 D. Harrison & N. G. Power in M. T. Segal & V. Demos Gender Realities 83 An attempt to redress the incorrect but often prevalent assumption.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > deficiency
supportc1449
redress1603
1603 P. Holland tr. J. Amyot in tr. Plutarch Morals 297 Although this Treatise be so defective both in the beginning and the end, that to this present wee know not how to guesse and conjecture, which way to redresse and supply the same [Fr. que lon ne sçait quelle coniecture y asseoir].
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 437 The consent of the mother or guardians, if unreasonably withheld, might be redressed and supplied by the judge.
1797 C. Payant Ess. French Pronunc. Pref. 4 If any thing material had escaped the Author..he very earnestly desires the learned and teachers, to redress and supply it themselves.
a. transitive. To put or keep in order; to arrange. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)]
rightlOE
attire1330
ettlea1350
to set (also put) in rulea1387
redress1389
dress?a1400
fettlea1400
governc1405
yraylle1426
direct1509
settlec1530
tune1530
instruct1534
rede1545
commodate1595
square1596
concinnate1601
concinnea1620
rectify1655
fix1663
to put (also bring) into repair1673
arrange1802
pipeclay1806
to get together1810
to do up1886
to jack up1939
1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 43 (MED) Þer schul four wardeines be chosen to reule þe fraternite þat ȝer, & to ordeine it & redresse it in þe beste manere.
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. ii. l. 3256 Þei [sc. doctors] aperceyuen þat nature is redressed [L. erectae] and wiþstondeþ to þe maladie.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. v. f. lxv Lete the Iugement be yeuen as ryght wylle rewarden, and soo may fynal pees be redressyd bitwene bothe partes.
c1500 Ffor to serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 371 Thenne the kerver shall goo unto the cuppebord, and redresse and ordeyne wafers in to towayles.
c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 15 They redresse and order matters by money, Brybes, Fees, Ciuill penaltyes.
a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 6 Erly in the mornynge se ye ryse, Your werke and laboure to redresse.
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. (iii. 16) 161 Seeking a nearer conformity with the known will of our God, daily redressing and ordering the affections by it.
b. transitive. To bring back to the proper order; to transfer to the proper place. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > a thing to or into previous condition
reversec1350
reforma1393
recover1393
converta1425
reduce?a1425
revolve1431
returnc1436
recure?1440
remayne1481
relieve1483
redressc1500
restaur1508
reprieve?1567
recollect1606
redeem1613
regain1624
to bring back1662
re-reducea1676
c1500 Melusine (1895) 193 The two bretheren..went fro bataill to batayll and there as fawte was of ordynaunce, they redressid theire peple to it.
1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Gj If any parcell were put by error in any other parcell there as it should not bee, and that you would redresse it vnto the proper place there it ought to be set.
c. transitive. To make conformable to something. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > bring into conformity
conform1377
redressa1538
uniforma1586
quader1588
reduce1621
quadrate?1630
comply1642
assimilate1664
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 121 Thys conseyl schold ever be occasyon to redresse the affectys of the prynce to the ordur of the law.
5. † a. transitive. To bring back (a person) to the right course; to correct or direct rightly. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person
raisec1175
chastya1240
amenda1275
chastisec1330
reara1382
revokec1384
redressc1390
reclaima1393
reducec1425
reform1477
reclaim?a1505
emendc1542
claim1546
reduct1548
save1857
decriminalize1963
c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 310 (MED) Hem þat he wole suffre stout ffor a tyme to beo proud, Aftur he wole hem redres..and calle to Mekenes.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3423 I wole swere for euer mo To be redressid at youre likyng If I trespasse in ony thyng.
c1430 (c1370) G. Chaucer A.B.C. (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1878) l. 129 Redresse me modir & ek me chastise.
a1500 ( Chron. H. Knighton (1895) II. 171 (MED) We submytte us mekelyche to þe correction of our forsayde fadur, the erchebyshop of Canturbery, and of alle oþer to whom it longyth to redresse þem þat erren.
?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 166*v Anger ought not to be in any Prince..towarde his equall, for it maie bee redressed with power.
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 174 You..Would see your Towne..By selfe-same censures to be soone redrest.
1689 W. Popple tr. J. Locke Let. conc. Toleration 8 In teaching, instructing, and redressing the Erroneous by Reason.
b. transitive. Hunting. To bring back (hounds or deer) to the desired course. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > bring back to course
redressc1425
c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 6 (MED) He [sc. a huntsman] haþ ynowe to doon to..redresse and brynge his houndys in to þe ryght whan þei han evoised.
1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. §iii, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) To redresse the deer, or putt her off her changes;..redresser le Cerf.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To redress a Stag, (a Term in Hunting) to put him off his changes.
2006 P. Muldoon End of Poem xiv. 366 Just as the hunter sometimes fails to ‘redress’ the deer or hounds, that stunt reader sometimes comes a cropper and falls off the horse.
c. transitive. To direct or amend (one's actions or behaviour). Now rare.In later use with reference to quots. 15601 or 15602.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > regulate (one's conduct)
redressc1475
c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 145 (MED) In the mydell part were entayled lettres and carectes and figures of dyuers sciences which clarifien the vndirstandinge and redressen in rightwisnesse the operacions of the men [Fr. qui esclaircissoyent les entendemens et adreçoyent les œuvres des homes].
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 158 (MED) To the Offyce of Prudencia appendyth the dedis of all othyr vertues redresse.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms cxix. 9 Wherewith shal a yong man redresse his waie?
1560 Bible (Geneva) Jer. vii. 7 If you amend and redresse your waies and your workes.
1606 W. Attersoll Badges Christianity ii. vii. 180 Let them learne to beare the yoake of obedyence from their youth let them redresse and reforme their waies by taking heede to the word of truth.
1619 N. Byfield Rules Holy Life ii. 26 Hee that would redresse his waies aright, must get out of the way of wicked men.
a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1673) 251 He had been over-lavish in his language, given some offence with his tongue; and now he resolved to redress all his ways, and that in special.
2000 G. A. Anderson in C. E. Braaten & R. W. Jenson Sin, Death, & Devil 40 Coming to his senses, he [sc. the prodigal son] sets out for home in order to redress his ways.
a. transitive. To direct (a thing) to a destination or in a specified course. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > direct actions, speech, etc., towards
fasteneOE
turna1200
redressa1393
intend?1504
convert1533
level1576
terminate1599
style1608
colline1674
intent1695
beam1956
target1964
society > communication > correspondence > sending items > send items [verb (transitive)] > address letter
redressa1393
superscribe1472
direct1598
dedicate1688
back1825
address1880
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2740 (MED) A king his oghne dede Betwen the vertu and the vice Redresce.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §1039 Preyeres is for to seyn a pitous wyl of herte that redresseth it in god.
1461 Rolls of Parl. V. 484/1 The same Duches have as many and such Writtes and Warantes appon this Acte, directed or redressed to the seid Custumers.
a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 230 (MED) This hope owithe to be Redressid vnto god.
b. transitive. To guide or lead (a person). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > bring near > lead towards
redress1477
entrain1568
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 152 She dide do make fires and a light..for to redresse Iason and Argos to herward [Fr. pour radreissier illec Jason et Argos].
c. intransitive and transitive (reflexive). To address oneself to a person. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to something [verb (reflexive)]
betake15..
redress?a1525
recover1655
?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 609 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 77 All manar off men þat haue any syknes, To Master Brentberecly loke þat yow redresse.
a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) iv. i. 45 I..am the trusty and right wellbeloved servant and kinsman to..Master of Phisgigge, Cornelius Quack, a man.., who..hath redressed himselfe to you, and here sets up his Banck.
d. transitive (reflexive). To aspire to possession of a thing. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or apply oneself [verb (reflexive)] > resolutely
redressa1599
a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) vi. 58 A man that redresses himselfe to a kingdome, would euer take delite to speake of it.
7. † b. transitive. To cure, heal, relieve (a disease, wound, etc.). Also in figurative context. Obsolete.† c. transitive. To remove or take away (a penalty). Obsolete. rare. † d. transitive. To overcome (sorrow). Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To remedy or remove (trouble or distress of any kind).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > specific any evil condition
healc1200
redressa1393
succour1526
redub1528
resarciate1646
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 3259 (MED) Ther mihte no fortune laste Which was grevous, bot..The god himself it hath redresced.
?a1430 T. Hoccleve Mother of God l. 41 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 53 Swich an aduocatrice..our greeues to redresse.
c1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars (Fairf. 16) (1871) l. 192 Who may my harme redresse.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1359 For thyne estat is gewyne to Redress Thar ned.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 38v I can neither remember our miseries without griefe, nor redresse our mishaps without groanes.
a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian ii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaaa4v/1 Their duty And ready service shall redresse their needs.
1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue III. vi. 98 Since what is past cannot be recalled, I shall endeavour to redress your misfortune.
1714 Spectator No. 611. ⁋2 I flatter my self, you will..if possible, redress a Misfortune my self and several others of my Sex lie under.
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 12 Every want, that stimulates the breast, Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest.
1831 Methodist Mag. Jan. 5 How, we ask, have the yearly accumulating wants of society been met and redressed?
1858 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 386/1 There is no calamity which right words will not begin to redress.
1961 Times 8 Feb. 4/4 Public ownership was the only way to redress the problems of the industry.
2008 T. K. Aladjem Culture of Vengeance i. 21 The present pain of one person can..redress the past pain of another.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)]
lechnec900
helpc950
beetc975
healc1000
temperc1000
leechc1175
amendc1300
halec1330
soundc1374
sanec1386
warishc1386
defenda1400
rectifya1400
salve1411
lokenc1425
redress?c1425
recure?a1439
guarish1474
cure1526
medify1543
recover1548
resanate1599
sanate1623
sain1832
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 344 (MED) It nedeth noght but to drawe þe schulder a litel and, in takyng, to redresse þe fracture.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 840 Now be we mette, for or we departe we shall redresse all our olde sorys!
?1528 J. Skelton Dyuers Balettys & Dyties xii Allectuary arrectyd to redres These feuerous axys the dedely wo & payne [etc.].
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) clxxxvii. 8 The frost, the snow, may not redresse my hete.
1601 S. Daniel Ciuill Warres (rev. ed.) vi. lxxiv. f. 92v, in Wks. And whether tis not time we should haue rest, And haue confusion, and our woundes redrest.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 383 Which may be to thee in stead of..eye-salve to redresse thy blindenesse.
a1687 Duke of Buckingham Poems (1775) 143 Such carbuncles..As no Hungarian water can redress.
1764 T. Southwell tr. Med. Ess. & Observ. II. 142 When M. Chicoyneau..found the scapula separated 2 fingers breadth from the back.., he had but little hopes of arts being able to redress those parts.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 521 The frenzy of the brain may be redressed By medicine well applied.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 160/2 This is a species of fracture..which can..be readily redressed.
ΚΠ
?c1535 Two Pieces conc. Suits in Chancery ii., in F. Hargrave Coll. Tracts Law of Eng. (1787) I. 349 He is bound in conscience eyther to redress the sentence or to restore the partie to all that he loste by that sentence.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclxxxixv To pardon his fault, to redresse the outlawery dew for his offence.
1860 A. J. Schem Amer. Eccl. Year-bk. I. ii. xv. 192 This time the court of appeal did not redress the sentence of the lower court, but confirmed it.
ΚΠ
a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. I4v Mamilia had by the space of a weeke..something redressed her sorrow.
a1631 R. Cotton Serious Considerations for Repressing Increase of Iesuites (1641) 33 You are fooles..if there be any hope in your hearts, to redresse sorrow, by flight.
a. transitive (reflexive). To raise (oneself) again; to right (oneself); to reassume an upright posture. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise [verb (reflexive)] > again
redressa1400
to pick up1730
a1400 Prose Life Christ (Pepys) (1922) 55 (MED) Jesus redressed hym [L. erexit se].
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 969 Right as floures..stoupen on hire stalk lowe, Redressen hem a-yen þe sonne bryght.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 328 (MED) As soone as the spere was spente, the kynge Boors redressed hym in his sadell.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Treat. Orange Trees x. 23 in Compl. Gard'ner If the Boughs sink down, 'tis a mark they are so weak that they are not able to Redress themselves.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Redressing Trees and other Plants have a natural Faculty of redressing themselves, when by any external Cause they are forced out of the Perpendicular.
1773 J. Nasmith Let. 8 Nov. in Mem. Life & Writings Henry Home of Kames (1807) II. App. 43 Put the leaves of any plant out of their natural situation, by nailing a branch to a wall, or by any other means, they will all soon redress themselves.
1837 A. Jamieson Mech. Fluids 453 The equilibrium..is permanent, if on pulling the body a little aside it has a tendency to redress itself, or recover its original position.
b. transitive. To set upright again; to raise again to an erect position. Also figurative: to restore, re-establish. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > re-establish
redressc1450
restablisha1475
restable1494
re-edify1511
refound?a1513
re-establish1550
reordain1579
replace1587
replant1588
refix1591
reinstitute1600
reimplace1611
reordinate1613
reinstate1616
restate1625
reassurea1711
re-erecta1711
re-estatea1945
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise [verb (transitive)] > set upright > again
redressc1450
c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 47 (MED) Vertu..Now lyth in derknesse til hit be redressed.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cxcviii. 289 Incontinent he redressyd and reysed on heygthe his baner alle blody.
a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) iv. v. f. 59 (MED) Let iugement be gove as right wil rewarde; and so may fynal peas be redressed betwyn bothe parties.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 290 [They] supposed wel to haue redressed thadmyrall vpon his hors but it was for nought, For he was deed.
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 34 The Catholique Romishe Religion shall bee redressed..in the Cities and places..where it is banished.
1643 W. Prynne Popish Royall Favourite 46 He caused the Image of the Crosse to be redressed, and that men should not foule it under their feete.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 91 Cut through all the Collateral Roots, till..you can inforce him upon one side, so as to come..at the Top Root; cut that off, redress your Tree, and so let it stand.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. iii. i. 133 Some ambitious Architect..being call'd perhaps to prop a Roof, redress a leaning Wall [etc.].
c. intransitive. To rise, become erect or upright. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > vertical position > be vertical [verb (intransitive)] > be or become upright
standOE
to stand upc1225
upstandc1275
risea1382
redress1480
stem1577
to prick up1657
upend1896
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiii. xv. 132 Thou oughtest not to despyse me Galathee. thoughe my heere redresse a lytyl & brustle.
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith ii. 28 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Yet like the valiant Palme they did sustaine Their peisant weight, redressing vp againe.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [verb (transitive)] > to prosperity
redressa1400
to set up1530
revive1560
the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)]
areddec885
leeseOE
reddOE
winc1220
deliver?c1225
ridc1225
quita1250
betellc1275
casta1300
to cast outa1300
liverc1330
rescuec1330
wrechec1330
borrowc1350
to put out of ——c1350
to bring awaya1400
redea1400
wreakc1400
rescourec1425
rescousa1450
savec1480
relue1483
salue1484
redeem1488
recovera1500
redressa1500
eschewc1500
rescours1511
to pull (also snatch) out of the fire1526
recourse1533
withtakec1540
redeem1549
vindicate1568
retire1578
repair1591
reprieve1605
to bring off1609
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 22737 (MED) Whenne he coom furst vs to redresse, He coom al wiþ mekenesse.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxx. 111 Saynt Eustace..lost..goodes and children by the space of xiij yere, And thenne god redressyd hym ageyne.
a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 113 (MED) Redres mans sowle from all mysery, that he may enter the eternal glorye.
1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. Aii v Wash me (oh lorde) in his bloude, lyghten me in his humilite, redresse me in his resurreccion.
1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 324 The hevynnis King is cled in our nature, Ws fro the deth with ransoun for to redress.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxc. 1183 So as hee may..not onely forgiue vs all our sinnes,..but also rid vs cleane of them, and redresse vs.
1612 J. Dowland Pilgrimes Solace sig. K2 There Grace abounding, abounding, free-ly, freely doth redresse mee.
1721 Exchequer Bk. 10 Feb., in Constit. Isle of Man (1882) 223 She..therefore hopes that..such methods will be taken as will redress her from the malicious aspersions and detractions before mentioned.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] > repair
redressc1400
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > build or construct with stone [verb (transitive)] > dress stone > again
redressc1400
c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 60 (MED) The Kyng Aurilambros lete amende and redresse þe hous of Ambresbery.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 102 (MED) Neemias and Esdras..put themself to redresse and edifie the Holy Cyte and the temple, which was all tobroken.
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. i. 47 Disposinge himselfe to the beutifienge of the cittee of London, [he] redressed the walles, beinge ruinus throughe yeares, strengtheninge the same with divers turrets.
1642 in E. Henderson Ann. Dunfermline (1879) 10 Thair old mort clothe to be redrest..for the use of the poore.
11.
a. transitive. To put (a matter or situation) right again; to reform, amend, improve.
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the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)]
helpc950
amendc1230
bootc1330
correctc1374
menda1375
recovera1398
dighta1400
restorea1400
redressa1402
recurec1425
remedyc1425
remeidc1480
emendc1485
richa1500
rightena1500
chastisea1513
rectifya1529
redeem1575
salve1575
remed1590
reclaim1593
renew1608
retrieve1625
recruit1673
raccommode1754
splice1803
doctor1829
remediate1837
right-side1847
sort1948
a1402 J. Trevisa tr. Dialogus Militem et Clericum (Harl.) 37 (MED) He may putt to priuyleges & lawes, & wiþdrawe & chaunge & redresse euereche þat erreþ.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 10v Alle thynges may be redresshed and reformed, Saue euil dedis.
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. iv. 135 The estate of relligion and orders of priesthoode were newlie sifted and redressed.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxxxijv That they redresse and pourge theyr churches.
1603 J. C. St. Marie Magdalens Conversion sig. B3v Within themselues they seriously debate, How to redresse their mistres troubled state.
1673 J. Milton Psalm LXXXII in Poems (new ed.) 150 Rise God, judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth redress.
1681 N. Tate Richard II ii. i. 14 Nor shall we be unmindful to redress..our States corruption.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 91 Now had..frighted Troy within her Walls retir'd; Had not sage Helenus her State redrest.
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 10 Even here, content can spread a charm, Redress the clime, and all its rage disarm.
1829 J. Guy Gen. School Question Bk. i. 56 To redress the ruined state of the finances, assemblies..were convoked.
1880 Bristol Mercury 20 Nov. 3/3 We were reaping the fruits of the sins of our forefathers, but there was no reason why we should not endeavour to redress the laws they made.
1900 E. M. Leonard Early Hist. Eng. Poor Reflief xiii. 273 The hymn sung by the children implores Parliament to redress the matter.
2001 Responsibility to Protect (Internat. Comm. Intervention & State Sovereignty) iv. 29 When a state is unable or unwilling to redress the situation, then interventionary measures..may be required.
b. transitive. To restore or bring back (a thing or person) to a proper state; to put right, or in good order, again. rare after 17th cent.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)]
recovera1382
recurea1382
reparela1382
instore1382
store1387
restorec1390
redressc1405
repeal1479
rectifya1529
restauratea1538
redeem1575
instaurate1583
upright1601
upseta1652
reficiate1657
rehabilitate1663
retrieve1665
re-establish1706
re-rail1914
rehab1961
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 728 For oon of Macedonye hadde hire opperssed [sic] She wt hir owene deeth hir maydenhed redressed.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 206/2 In lystris was a contracte which he losed and redressid.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 241 (MED) Goynge afor mette..redressith the body and streyntheth.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E4v Sad Aesculapius far apart Emprisond was..For that Hyppolytus rent corse he did redresse.
1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) ii. 7 The ship redrest as well as time and place could afford, we still made forward.
1803 F. Plowden Hist. Rev. State Ireland II. iii. vi. 453 France would reform nothing until abuses accumulated, and government was swept away in a deluge, until an armed force redressed the state.
1990 Independent (Nexis) 22 Apr. 19 The knife-edge that Mikhail Gorbachev has to walk to redress the country after 70 years of communist rule.
c. transitive. To correct, adjust, revise.
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the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > specific information or opinion
rightOE
rectifya1513
recognize1656
unblunder1665
redress1710
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend
amend?c1225
correctc1374
reformc1425
emaculate1623
mend1631–2
castigate1666
rectify1730
emend1769
doctor?c1775
redress1796
emendate1876
1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 166 Nor am I out of my own Possession, whilst there is a Person left within; who has Power to dispute the Appearances, and redress the Imagination.
1796 Hamilton in Washington's Writ. (1892) XIII. 190 (note) You mentioned to me your wish, that I should redress a certain paper, which you had prepared.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 73 The material estimate of worth should be redressed by a moral standard.
1971 M. E. L. Mallowan in I. E. S. Edwards et al. Cambr. Anc. Hist. (ed. 3) I. ii. xvi. 249 It may be that future work..will redress our estimate.
2004 C. Cosman tr. A. Compagnon Lit., Theory, & Common Sense iv. 106 This Proustian thesis alarmed Lanson, who was counting on statistics to redress this impression of disorder.
d. transitive. to redress the balance and variants: to restore equilibrium; to readjust or put right an uneven or inequitable situation.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > balance or be balanced > restore to balance
recovera1425
to redress the balance1826
1826 Examiner 17 Dec. 807/1 He had obtained compensation, by calling a new world into political existence, and thus redressing the balance of power.
1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 87 [He] sees aloft the red right arm Redress the eternal scales.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 197 At an earlier time the personal greatness of Edward might have redressed the balance.
1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon iv. 91 In nothing has the whirligig of time so redressed the balance between the sexes as in this business of getting up in the morning.
1960 N. Pevsner Pioneers of Modern Design (rev. ed.) vii. 203 The metal frame projecting its sharp corners above these stone pylons redresses the balance boldly and effectively.
1992 InterCity Mag. Feb. 11/2 If British entrepreneurism does not itself become a casualty of the recession—a very real risk—it will do much to redress the balance in our favour.
a. transitive. To stretch or spread out. Obsolete. rare.
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a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xli. 276 (MED) Josephes bothe Schirte and water gan blesse, And Anon God gan it for to Redresse, and wax moche largere hem vntylle.
b. transitive. To erect, build. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)]
timbera900
workOE
betimberOE
craftOE
buildc1275
lifta1300
stagec1330
upraise1338
wright1338
edifya1340
to make outa1382
to make upa1382
biga1400
housea1400
risea1400
telda1400–50
to work upa1450
redress1481
levy1495
upmake1507
upbuild1513
exstruct?c1550
construct1663
to run up1686
practise1739
to lay up1788
elevate1798
to put up1818
to lay down1851
practicate1851
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) clxxix. 264 The other that were nyghe the corner..redressyd a castel of tree moche hye.
13. transitive. To compensate or provide redress for (a person) for a wrong or loss sustained.
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the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > put right (a wrong or loss) > put right a wrong against (a person)
rightOE
amendc1300
remedy1414
redressc1450
repaira1578
disendamage1655
the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > put right (a wrong or loss) > by obtaining or giving compensation
redressc1450
reparate1920
c1450 (a1400) Chevalere Assigne 205 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 866 (MED) Go brynge hym to his fader courte..to redresse his moder.
1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 368 That thai suld redres all Scottismen offendit be thame.
1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 208 The widdowes teares shall be very few, for she will finde iustice to redresse her.
1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 109 They came..to be redressed by him for divers grievances.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in Fables 3 'Tis thine, O King, th' Afflicted to redress.
1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris ii. 49 I indeed, have wrong'd, but will redress you.
1797 Monthly Mag. 3 491 If our gracious sovereign does not order us to be redressed in fifty-four hours, such steps will be taken, as will astonish our dear countrymen.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 23 You..will redress Him, whom the laws of discipline and Venice Permit not to protect himself.
1860 L. V. Harcourt Diaries G. Rose I. 168 The time had..arrived for the people to redress themselves.
1863 ‘S. L. Jones’ Life in South I. xix. 375 How am I to be re-dressed for the loss of my property?
1968 Calif. Law Rev. 56 362 He is entitled to the writ of habeas corpus only to remedy the situation, not to redress him for any wrong suffered.
2000 Japan Econ. Newswire (Nexis) 18 Feb. Many families of the 12 victims have been redressed not by government compensation but rather by workers' accident compensation.
a. transitive. To restore, give back (a thing). Obsolete.
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1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. ii. 134 Gif þe gudis of tarquinis war nocht redressit [L. reddita].
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiii. ix. f. 194v/1 The nobyllis of Ingland..causit all the saidis guddis to be redressit.
1575–6 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 498 The gudis takin on ayther part..at the Reid Swyre..ar ordanit to be redressit of the single and principall valu quhairupoun the billis on ayther part ar alreddy sworne.
b. transitive. To make good (a bill). Obsolete.
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1565 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 404 For redressing of the saidis billis and expenssis.
1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 307 He wilbe compellit to answer and redresse the said bill.
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1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvi. 153 The Cleonæan Lyons spoyles for her I would redresse. I would the Lernan Hydras heads with sword and fire suppress.
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