Word Finder - remedied

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To provide or serve as a remedy for.

Dredging operations have but partially remedied this.

This false position was remedied by the act of 1908, which brings companies into line with individuals.

In the second place, drastic remedies are never generally acceptable when the evil to be remedied is still in the future.

The lack of funds which would have proved fatal to Spartan naval warfare was remedied by the intervention of Persia, which supplied large subsidies, and Spartan good fortune culminated in the possession at this time of an admiral of boundless vigour and considerable military ability, Lysander, to whom much of Sparta's success is attributable.

When this has taken place on a considerable scale, the critic is helpless; but minor injuries may sometimes be traced and remedied.

Malocclusion may be remedied by orthodontic treatment.

However, some causes of hair loss may be remedied by doing something as simple as changing your diet.

Sometimes, the embarrassment is quickly remedied.

Between the two extremes stood the discontented Moderates, who indulged freely in grumbling without knowing how the unsatisfactory state of things was to be remedied.

The introduction of railways for a time diverted attention from road-making, but this neglect has of late been to some extent remedied.

This rejection of the advances of the Uitlandersby whose aid he could have built up a free and stable republic - led to his downfall, though the failure of the Jameson Raid in the first days of 1896 gave him a signal opportunity to secure the safety of his country by the grant of real reforms. But the Raid taught him no lesson of this kind, and despite the intervention of the British government the Uitlanders' grievances were not remedied.

The fault has finally been remedied by replacing the old copper anode by a new one.

Behavioral optometry believes this can be remedied with an eye exercise program.

This was remedied in June 1824, which makes the canal peculiar in that it was built before its Act of Parliament was obtained.

Occlusions are usually remedied by flushing the tube with tap water; kinking may need readjustment of the tubing.

I quickly remedied this point, informing him of the whereabouts of other stokers.

The deficiencies of the Greek symbolism were partially remedied; subtraction was denoted by placing a dot over the subtrahend; multiplication, by placing bha (an abbreviation of bhavita, the product ") after the factors; division, by placing the divisor under the dividend; and square root, by inserting ka (an abbreviation of karana, irrational) before the quantity.

This defect is usually remedied by heating the pits by the Siemens regenerative system (see § 99); the greater FIG.

At the same time it is difficult to see how this grievance can be remedied without inflicting serious injury, almost ruin, upon the salt trade.

This has been remedied by a system of sewers, which after passing by a tunnel through the hill of Posilipo cross the plain beyond and discharge their contents into the open sea on the deserted coast of Cumae, 17 m.

We have a lot of great information about common and normal cat behaviors that can usually be remedied.

This will allow for any errors in the printing to be remedied before the wedding favors are needed.

However; this should be remedied soon because this is one of the fastest growing hybrids in the United States.

He remedied this by naming the winery after the steep hill on which his winery now stands.

It is not entirely uncommon for there to be title problems, although the vast majority of instances are quickly remedied.

It was a little bland for my taste, but that's easily remedied with a little of the allowed spices.

Not all conditions can be remedied through diet, however.

The film remedied many of the missing tracks by putting out a second volume.

Temporarily move to the couch or another bed until the situation can be remedied.

It is a common problem that many women deal with, but with proper attention it can be remedied.

For most people, body rashes are an occasional annoyance that can be remedied with rash cream.

A situation arose that ultimately remedied both problems.

This was partially remedied after the Bulgarian annexation of Eastern Rumelia, in 1885, had driven the Moslems of that country to emigrate in like manner to Adrianople; but the advantage was counterbalanced by the establishment of hostile Bulgarian tariffs.

It is obvious that no inquiry into commercial policy, or into such social questions as the housing of the poor, can be effective unless this deficiency is remedied.

The pumps employed to force the oil through the pipes were at first of the single-cylinder or " donkey " type, but these were found to cause excessive wear - a defect remedied by the use of the Worthington pump now generally adopted.

The abuses and misgovernments which were fostered by the Leopoldian regime were remedied as quickly as was possible.

The outrage was discovered and remedied before the service began; and, although the Arrabbiati half filled the church and even sought to attempt his life, Savonarola kept his composure and delivered an impressive sermon.

A constitutional amendment of 1888 extended to them the right of suffrage in state and national elections, and an amendment of 1909 partially remedied the evils in the system of apportionment.

Many of these defects, however, he is considered to have remedied in his second edition (1857).

But by a natural process the mischief was gradually and partially remedied.

He was much engaged at the same time in remedying smoking chimneys, and as late as 1785 wrote to Jan Ingenhousz, physician to the emperor of Austria, on chimneys and draughts; smoking street lamps he remedied by a simple contrivance.

Abuses arising from the granting of indulgences were to be remedied, and the excessive number of church holidays, which seriously interfered with the industrial welfare of Germany, was to be reduced.

It is to be remedied not by giving up the idea of the Infinite but by ceasing to think of the Infinite as of a being endowed with a static perfection which the finite will merely reproduces, and definitely recognizing the forward effort of the finite as an essential element in Its self-expression.

It was well understood that the party intended that Jefferson should be president and Burr vice-president, but owing to a defect (later remedied) in the Constitution the responsibility for the final choice was thrown upon the House of Representatives.

A breakwater has remedied this defect and Vera Cruz is no longer considered a dangerous port.

In Poland also his thrift and businesslike qualities speedily remedied the abuses caused by the 'wastefulness of his predecessor Alexander.

If the situation is not naturally well sheltered, the defect may be remedied by masses of forest trees disposed at a considerable distance so as not to shade the walls or fruit trees.

Most of its defects had been remedied, but one remained.

The place was formerly very unhealthy, but this has been to a large extent remedied by the establishment of water-works, a good supply of water being derived from the river Banka.

A royal commission investigated the matter in 1871 and since that time the evils which were attendant on the system have been gradually remedied.