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re⋅pair

1  [ri-pair]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
2. to restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.: to repair one's health by resting.
3. to remedy; make good; make up for: to repair damage; to repair a deficiency.
4. to make amends for; compensate: to repair a wrong done.
–noun
5. an act, process, or work of repairing: to order the repair of a building.
6. Usually, repairs.
a. an instance or operation of repairing: to lay up a boat for repairs.
b. a repaired part or an addition made in repairing: 17th-century repairs in brick are conspicuous in parts of the medieval stonework.
7. repairs, (in bookkeeping, accounting, etc.) the part of maintenance expense that has been paid out to keep fixed assets in usable condition, as distinguished from amounts used for renewal or replacement.
8. the good condition resulting from continued maintenance and repairing: to keep in repair.
9. condition with respect to soundness and usability: a house in good repair.
Origin:
1300–50; ME repairen < MF reparer < L reparāre, equiv. to re- re- + parāre to prepare; see pare

Related forms:
re⋅pair⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅pair⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, re⋅pair⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. remodel, renovate. 2. patch, fix, amend. See renew. 3. retrieve, recoup. 4. redress.

Antonyms:
1–3. break, destroy.
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re⋅pair

2  [ri-pair]
–verb (used without object)
1. to betake oneself; go, as to a place: He repaired in haste to Washington.
2. to go frequently or customarily.
–noun
3. a resort or haunt.
4. the act of going or going customarily; resort: to have repair to the country.
5. Scot. Obsolete. a meeting, association, or crowd of people.
Origin:
1300–50; ME repairen < OF repairier to return < LL repatriāre to return to one's fatherland; see repatriate
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re·pair 1   (rĭ-pâr')   
v.   re·paired, re·pair·ing, re·pairs

v.   tr.
  1. To restore to sound condition after damage or injury; fix: repaired the broken watch.
  2. To set right; remedy: repair an oversight.
  3. To renew or revitalize.
  4. To make up for or compensate for (a loss or wrong, for example).
v.   intr.
To make repairs.
n.  
    1. The work, act, or process of repairing.
    2. An instance or a result of repairing. Often used in the plural: My car is in the shop for repairs. We checked the repairs before returning his car.
  2. General condition after use or repairing: in good repair.
  3. Something that has been repaired.

[Middle English reparen, repairen, from Old French reparer, from Latin reparāre : re-, re- + parāre, to prepare, put in order; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
re·pair'a·bil'i·ty n., re·pair'a·ble adj., re·pair'a·bly adv., re·pair'er n.
re·pair 2   (rĭ-pâr')   
intr.v.   re·paired, re·pair·ing, re·pairs
  1. To betake oneself; go: repair to the dining room.
  2. To go frequently or habitually: repairs to the restaurant every week.
n.  
  1. An act of going or sojourning: our annual repair to the mountains.
  2. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.

[Middle English repairen, to return, from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriāre, to return to one's country; see repatriate.]
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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.

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.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : repair
Spanish: reparar, arreglar,
German: reparieren,
Japanese: 修理する
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repair  (1)
"to mend, to put back in order," 1387, from O.Fr. reparer, from L. reparare "restore, put back in order," from re- "again" + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare). The noun is attested from 1595.

repair  (2)
"go to" (a place), c.1300, from O.Fr. repairer "to frequent, return (to one's country)," earlier repadrer, from L.L. repatriare "return to one's own country" (see repatriate).
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Main Entry: 1re·pair
Pronunciation: ri-'pa(&)r, -'pe(&)r
Function: transitive verb
: to restore to a sound or healthy state repair damaged tissue>

Main Entry: 2repair
Function: noun
1 a : the act or process of repairing repair of a detached retina> b : aninstance or result of repairing
2 : the replacement of destroyed cells or tissues by new formations
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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repair re·pair (rĭ-pâr')
v. re·paired, re·pair·ing, re·pairs
To restore to a healthy or functioning condition after damage or injury. n.
Restoration of diseased or damaged tissues naturally or by surgical means.

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