re-dress

re-dress
v.tr. & intr. dress again or differently.

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/ree dres"/, v.t.
to dress again.
[1730-40; RE- + DRESS]

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re-dress /rē-dresˈ/
transitive verb and intransitive verb
1. To dress again
2. To dress in different clothes
ORIGIN:re-

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re|dress «verb. rih DREHS; noun. REE drehs, rih DREHS», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to set right; repair; remedy: »

King Arthur tried to redress wrongs in his kingdom.

2. to adjust evenly again: »

I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old (George Canning).

–n.
1. the act or process of setting right; relief; reparation: »

Anyone who has been injured unfairly deserves redress. My griefs…finding no redress, ferment and rage (Milton).

SYNONYM(S): restitution.
2. the means of a remedy: »

There was no redress against the lawless violence to which they were perpetually exposed (John L. Motley).

[< Middle French redresser < re- again + Old French dresser to straighten, arrange. Compare etym. under dress, verb. (Cf.dress)]
re|dress´er,
re|dres´sor, noun.
re-dress «ree DREHS», transitive verb.
to dress again.

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[rē'dres; 'rē-]
v. [trans.] dress (someone or something) again

he re-dressed the wound


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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