Forced to forego the attempt remediless.
Spenser.
Syn. -- Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable;
irretrievable; irreparable; desperate.
-- Re*med"i*less, adv. [Obs.] Udall. -- Re*med"i*less*ly, adv. --
Re*med"i*less*ness, n.
Rem"e*dy (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d&?;z). [L. remedium; pref. re-
re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. remède remedy, remédier to
remedy. See Medical.]
1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application
which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a
remedy for the gout.
2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or
against, formerly by to.
What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds
have wrought, He will instruct us.
Milton.
3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a
wrong.
Civil remedy. See under Civil. -- Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small
allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; --
called also tolerance.
Syn. -- Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief;
aid; help; assistance.
Rem"e*dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remedied (-d?d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Remedying.] [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. rem&?;dier. See Remedy,
n.] To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to
redress; to correct; to counteract.