remeid

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Scotland/ɹəˈmid/UK/ɹɪˈmiːd/US/ɹiˈmid/

noun

Legal redress of a wrong.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounremeid (countable and uncountable, plural remeids)

plural remeids · alternative remead · alternative remede

  1. Remedy.
    1. countabledialectaluncountableScots lawLegal redress of a wrong.

      […] 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.”

      1878, William Charles Smith, "Borough" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 64
    2. Northern IrelandScotlandcountabledialectaluncountableAny correction of a wrong or undesirable thing.
    3. ScotlandcountabledialectalobsoleteuncountableThe proportion by which a coin may acceptably deviate from its ideal weight or proportion of precious metal.
verbremeid (third-person singular simple present remeids, present participle remeiding, simple past and past participle remeided)

present singular third person remeids · participle present remeiding · participle past remeided · past remeided · alternative remead · alternative remede

  1. ScotlandobsoleteTo remedy, in its various senses.

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Origin

  1. Old Frenchremede
  2. Middle Englishremede
  3. Englishremeid

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

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APA

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MLA

“remeid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remeid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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