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reparably

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rep⋅a⋅ra⋅ble

  [rep-er-uh-buhl or, often, ri-pair-]
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–adjective
capable of being repaired or remedied.
Origin:
1560–70; < L reparābilis. See repair 1 , -able

Related forms:
rep⋅a⋅ra⋅bly, adverb
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rep·a·ra·ble   (rěp'ər-ə-bəl)   
adj.  Possible to repair: reparable damage to the car; reparable wrongs.

[French réparable, from Latin reparābilis, from reparāre, to repair; see repair1.]
rep'a·ra·bil'i·ty n., rep'a·ra·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

reparable 
1570, from M.Fr. reparable (16c.), from L. reparabilis "able to be restored," from reparare "restore" (see repair (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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