v. t. [ F. redresser to straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See Dress. ] 1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] The common profit could she redress. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] In yonder spring of roses intermixed
With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. [ 1913 Webster ] Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . .
I doubt not but with honor to redress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. “'T is thine, O king! the afflicted to redress.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? Byron. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
