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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPA'IR, v.t. [L. reparo; re and paro, to prepare. See Pare.]
1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation or partial destruction; as, to repair a house, a wall or a ship; to repair roads and bridges. Temperance and diet may repair a broken or enfeebled constitution. Food repairs the daily waste of the body.
2. To rebuild a part decayed or destroyed; to fill up; as, to repair a breach.
3. To make amends, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
REPA'IR, n. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury or partial destruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or a city.
REPA'IR, v.i. To go to; to betake one's self; to resort; as, to repair to a sanctuary for safety.
Go, mount the winds and to the shades repair.
REPA'IR, n. The act of betaking one's self to any place; a resorting; abode.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]
2: a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"
3: a frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground] v
1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust]
2: make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" [syn: compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify]
3: move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" [syn: repair, resort]
4: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend]
5: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French repairer to go back, return from Late Latin repatriare to go home again, from Latin re- + patria native country — more at expatriate Date: 14th century 1. a. to betake oneself ; go <repaired to the judge's chambers> b. to come together ; rally 2. obsolete return II. noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of repairing ; resort 2. a popular gathering place III. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French reparer, from Latin reparare, from re- + parare to prepare — more at pare Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken ; fix <repair a shoe> b. to restore to a sound or healthy state ; renew <repair his strength> 2. to make good ; compensate for ; remedy <repair a gap in my reading> intransitive verb to make repairs Synonyms: see mend • repairability noun • repairable adjective • repairer noun IV. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. an instance or result of repairing b. the act or process of repairing c. the replacement of destroyed cells or tissues by new formations 2. a. relative condition with respect to soundness or need of repairing b. the state of being in good or sound condition

U.S. Military Dictionary

The restoration of an item to serviceable condition through correction of a specific failure or unserviceable condition.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 restore to good condition after damage or wear. 2 renovate or mend by replacing or fixing parts or by compensating for loss or exhaustion. 3 set right or make amends for (loss, wrong, error, etc.). --n. 1 the act or an instance of restoring to sound condition (in need of repair; closed during repair). 2 the result of this (the repair is hardly visible). 3 good or relative condition for working or using (must be kept in repair; in good repair). Derivatives: repairable adj. repairer n. Etymology: ME f. OF reparer f. L reparare (as RE-, parare make ready) 2. v. & n. --v.intr. (foll. by to) resort; have recourse; go often or in great numbers or for a specific purpose (repaired to Spain). --n. archaic 1 resort (have repair to). 2 a place of frequent resort. 3 popularity (a place of great repair). Etymology: ME f. OF repaire(r) f. LL repatriare REPATRIATE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repair Re*pair", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repairing.] [F. r['e]parer, L. reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to prepare. See Pare, and cf. Reparation.] 1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune. Secret refreshings that repair his strength. --Milton. Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness. --Wordsworth. 2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. --Shak. Syn: To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repair Re*pair" (r?-p?r"), v. i. [OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and cf. Repatriate.] 1. To return. [Obs.] I thought . . . that he repaire should again. --Chaucer. 2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. --Chaucer. Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repair Re*pair", n. [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go.] 1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.] --Chaucer. The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. --Clarendon. 2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.] There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repair Re*pair", n. 1. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city. Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. --Milton. 2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(repairs, repairing, repaired) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you repair something that has been damaged or is not working properly, you mend it. Goldsmith has repaired the roof to ensure the house is wind-proof... A woman drove her car to the garage to have it repaired. VERB: V n, have n V-ed • repairer (repairers) ...TV repairers. N-COUNT: usu n N 2. If you repair a relationship or someone's reputation after it has been damaged, you do something to improve it. The government continued to try to repair the damage caused by the minister's interview... VERB: V n 3. A repair is something that you do to mend a machine, building, piece of clothing, or other thing that has been damaged or is not working properly. Many women know how to carry out repairs on their cars... There is no doubt now that her marriage is beyond repair. N-VAR 4. If someone repairs to a particular place, they go there. (FORMAL) We then repaired to the pavilion for lunch. VERB: V to n 5. If something such as a building is in good repair, it is in good condition. If it is in bad repair, it is in bad condition. The monks of Ettal keep the abbey in good repair... PHRASE

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

re-par' (machceh, "refuge"): In Joe 3:16, for the King James Version The Lord will be the hope of his people" the King James Version margin renders "place of repair," or, "harbour" = haven of repair. the Revised Version (British and American) gives "refuge." Other words are chazaq, "to strengthen," "harden," "fix" (2Ki 12:5 and often; Ne 3$); rapha' "to heal" (1Ki 18:30); `amadh, "to cause to stand still" (Ezr 9:9); chayah, "to revive" (1Ch 11:8); caghar, "to close up" (1Ki 11:27).

In the Revised Version (British and American) Apocrypha for huporrapto, "to patch up" (Sirach 50:1); episkeuazo, "to get ready" (1 Macc 12:37). In 1 Macc 14:34 occurs "reparation" (modern English "repairs") for epanorthosis, "straightening up."

M. O. Evans

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Mend, refit, retouch, vamp, tinker, piece, patch, touch up, vamp up, patch up, renew, amend. 2. Retrieve, restore, make good, recruit. 3. Redress, atone for, make amends for. II. v. n. Go, resort, betake one's self. III. n. Restoration, reparation, renewal, refitting, mending.

Moby Thesaurus

adjust, adjustment, amends, apply, atone, atone for, bad condition, brighten up, brush up, case, cobble, commission, compensate, compensation, condition, correction, darn, do up, doctor, estate, expiate, fare, fettle, fitness, fix, fix up, fixing, form, freshen, furbish, furbish up, give satisfaction, go, good condition, hie, improvement, journey, kilter, live down, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation, make right, make up for, making right, mend, mending, nick, order, overhaul, overhauling, pass, patch, patch up, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, polish, polish up, proceed, process, propitiate, push on, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, put right, ready, rebuild, recap, recompense, recondition, reconstruct, rectification, recur, redeem, redress, refer, remedy, renew, renewal, renovate, renovation, repairing, reparation, restoration, restore, retouch, retread, revamp, revive, rub up, run, satisfaction, satisfy, service, set right, set to rights, sew up, shape, shine, spruce, spruce up, square it, square things, state, tinker, tinker up, tone up, touch up, travel, trim, troubleshooting, turn, vamp, vamp up, wend