Both Uses of
redress
in
Dracula
- It is for others' good that I ask, to redress great wrong, and to lift much and terrible troubles, that may be more great than you can know.†
p. 192.6 *redress = fix a problem; or make up for a wrong
- It may be that you may have to bear that mark till God himself see fit, as He most surely shall, on the Judgement Day, to redress all wrongs of the earth and of His children that He has placed thereon.†
p. 316.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(redress as in: redress the problem) fix a problem; or make up for a wrong
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, redress can mean to dress again.