1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xviii. 18 All you vnpublisht vertues of the earth, Spring with my teares beaydant and remediat [1623 remediate], In the good mans distresse. View more context for this quotation

1758 H. Lee Sophron II. 533 Not less surprizingly chang'd would they signify human nature to be, on the manifestation of the like remediate scene of love to it.

1807 J. B. Burges Exodiad II. v. 247 A pure and fragrant drop, so highly priz'd Through all the east for its remediate powers.

1856 A. C. O. M. Ritchie Unknown Tragedian iv, in Mimic Life 377 She was confident that his presence at her father's bedside would possess a remediate influence.

1878 Folk-lore Rec. 1 49 I have been told that nine mice roasted to a cinder, then powdered..and swallowed fasting in a glass of ale, are a fine thing for some particular cases of debility... I have a note of two other superstitions of the remediate class.

1906 G. G. Coulton tr. Pearl 33 And washed me in blood remediate.

2005 F. M. Nicastro Curing Patch Managem. Headache vi. 102 Patch management is part of the remediate plan within the vulnerability management process.

1837 C. V. Kraitsir Poles in U.S.A. 27 Majorianus..endeavoured to remediate the deficit of the public income, the defence of the cities and the morals.

1854 Times 8 Nov. 5/2 The more I feel are we bound to contribute and endeavour to remediate the horrors and distressing deprivations entailed by it upon the bereaved widows and orphans through the recent most sad and heart-rending massacres.

1897 Yale Lit. Mag. Jan. 201 All that he might do could not remediate his intemperance.

1966 Amer. Educ. Res. Jrnl. 3 313 A preschool cannot be expected to remediate all deficiencies among disadvantaged children.

1973 Black World Mar. 31 Without supportive services to..remediate their academic deficiencies,..the students experienced an extremely high failure rate the first year.

2007 C. J. Gelso & J. A. Hayes Countertransference & Therapist's Inner Experience v. 101 (heading) Remediating the negative effects of countertransference.