remeid

English

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Etymology

From Middle English remede, from Anglo-Norman and Old French remede. Doublet of remedy.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

remeid (countable and uncountable, plural remeids)

  1. (dialect) Remedy.
    1. (Scots law) Legal redress of a wrong.
    2. (Scotland and Northern Ireland) Any correction of a wrong or undesirable thing.
    3. (Scotland, obsolete) The proportion by which a coin may acceptably deviate from its ideal weight or proportion of precious metal.

Derived terms

  • remeid in law, remeid of law

Verb

remeid (third-person singular simple present remeids, present participle remeiding, simple past and past participle remeided)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) To remedy, in its various senses.

References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "remeid, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2009.

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