remeid

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English

Alternative forms

remead, remede

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmid/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmiːd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmid/, /ɹiˈmid/

Noun

remeid (countable and uncountable, plural remeids)

(dialect) Remedy.
1. (Scots law) Legal redress of a wrong.
  - 1878, William Charles Smith, "Borough" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 64:
    the Commissioners of Burghs meet yearly at Inverkeithing “to treat of the welfare of merchandize, the good rule and statutes for the common profit of burghs, and to provide for remeid upon the skaith and injuries sustained within the burghs.”
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)

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

References

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

Anagrams

meride

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