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remead

remead is the alternative form of remeid.

Meaning of remeid

Noun

remeid (countable and uncountable, plural remeids)

  1. (dialectal, Scots law) Legal 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 Ireland, Scotland, dialectal) Any correction of a wrong or undesirable thing.
  3. (Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) The proportion by which a coin may acceptably deviate from its ideal weight or proportion of precious metal.

See all 4 meanings of remeid

Forms of remead

Noun
pluralremeads
Verb
third-person singular presentremeads
present participleremeading
past participleremeaded
pastremeaded

Questions about remead

What is remead the alternative form of?
Remead is the alternative form of remeid.

Words near remead in the dictionary

  1. Rembrandts
  2. Remchingen
  3. Remchytsi
  4. remdesivir
  5. REME
  6. remead
  7. remeaded
  8. remeading
  9. remeads
  10. remeander
  11. remeant

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