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re-dress
re-dress (riːˈdrɛs) vb (tr) to dress (someone or something) againre-dress′ v.t. re•dress (n. ˈri drɛs, rɪˈdrɛs; v. rɪˈdrɛs) n., v. -dressed, -dress•ing. n. 1. the setting right of what is morally wrong. 2. relief from wrong or injury. 3. compensation for such wrong or injury. v.t. 4. to remedy (wrongs, injuries, etc.). 5. to correct (abuses, evils, etc.). 6. to relieve (suffering, want, etc.). 7. to adjust evenly again, as a balance. [1275–1325; (v.) Middle English < Middle French redresser, Old French redrecier= re- re- + drecier to straighten (see dress); (n.) Middle English < Anglo-French redresse, redresce, derivative of the v.] re•dress′a•ble, re•dress′i•ble, adj. re•dress′er, re•dres′sor, n. syn: redress, reparation, restitution suggest making amends or giving compensation for a wrong. redress may refer either to the act of setting right an unjust situation or to satisfaction sought or gained for a wrong suffered: the redress of grievances. reparation refers to compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or loss inflicted. The word may have the moral idea of amends, but more frequently it refers to financial compensation: to make reparation for one's neglect; the reparations demanded of the aggressor nations. restitution means literally the giving back of what has been taken from the lawful owner, but may refer to restoring the equivalent of what has been taken: The servant convicted of robbery made restitution to his employer. re-dress Past participle: re-dressed Gerund: re-dressing
Imperative |
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re-dress | re-dress |
Present |
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I re-dress | you re-dress | he/she/it re-dresses | we re-dress | you re-dress | they re-dress |
Preterite |
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I re-dressed | you re-dressed | he/she/it re-dressed | we re-dressed | you re-dressed | they re-dressed |
Present Continuous |
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I am re-dressing | you are re-dressing | he/she/it is re-dressing | we are re-dressing | you are re-dressing | they are re-dressing |
Present Perfect |
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I have re-dressed | you have re-dressed | he/she/it has re-dressed | we have re-dressed | you have re-dressed | they have re-dressed |
Past Continuous |
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I was re-dressing | you were re-dressing | he/she/it was re-dressing | we were re-dressing | you were re-dressing | they were re-dressing |
Past Perfect |
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I had re-dressed | you had re-dressed | he/she/it had re-dressed | we had re-dressed | you had re-dressed | they had re-dressed |
Future |
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I will re-dress | you will re-dress | he/she/it will re-dress | we will re-dress | you will re-dress | they will re-dress |
Future Perfect |
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I will have re-dressed | you will have re-dressed | he/she/it will have re-dressed | we will have re-dressed | you will have re-dressed | they will have re-dressed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be re-dressing | you will be re-dressing | he/she/it will be re-dressing | we will be re-dressing | you will be re-dressing | they will be re-dressing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been re-dressing | you have been re-dressing | he/she/it has been re-dressing | we have been re-dressing | you have been re-dressing | they have been re-dressing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been re-dressing | you will have been re-dressing | he/she/it will have been re-dressing | we will have been re-dressing | you will have been re-dressing | they will have been re-dressing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been re-dressing | you had been re-dressing | he/she/it had been re-dressing | we had been re-dressing | you had been re-dressing | they had been re-dressing |
Conditional |
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I would re-dress | you would re-dress | he/she/it would re-dress | we would re-dress | you would re-dress | they would re-dress |
Past Conditional |
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I would have re-dressed | you would have re-dressed | he/she/it would have re-dressed | we would have re-dressed | you would have re-dressed | they would have re-dressed |
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