My sweven [dream] rede aright.
Chaucer.
Rede, n. [See Read, n.] 1. Advice; counsel; suggestion. [Obs. or Scot.]
Burns.
There was none other remedy ne reed.
Chaucer.
2. A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw. [Obs.] "This rede
is rife." Spenser.
Re*deem" (r?*d?m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Redeemed. (-d&?;md"); p. pr. &
vb. n. Redeeming.] [F. rédimer, L. redimere; pref. red-, re- re- +
emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.),
Lith. imti. Cf. Assume, Consume, Exempt, Premium, Prompt, Ransom.] 1.
To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated
price; to repurchase.
If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem
it within a whole year after it is sold.
Lev. xxv. 29.
2. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to
regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of
the mortgage. (b) (Com.) To regain by performing the obligation or
condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a
promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank
notes with coin.
3. To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from
any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a
price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a
captive, a pledge, and the like.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Ps. xxv. 22.
The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed.
Sandys.
4. (Theol.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and
the penalties of God's violated law.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us.
Gal. iii. 13.
5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's
promises.