Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-DRESS', v.t. [Fr. redresser; re and dress.]

1. To set right; to amend. In yonder spring of roses, / Find what to redress till noon. – Milton. [In this sense, as applied to material things, rarely used.]
2. To remedy; to repair; to relieve from, and sometimes to indemnify for; as, to redress wrongs; to redress injuries; to redress grievances. Sovereigns are bound to protect their subjects, and redress their grievances.
3. To ease; to relieve; as, she labored to redress my pain. – Sidney. [We use this verb before the person or the thing. We say, to redress an injured person, or to redress the injury. The latter is most common.]