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Repair Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Repair? [n] the act of putting something in working order again [n] a frequently visited place [n] a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair" [v] give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [v] set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [v] restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [v] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Repair: amend \| animate \| bushel \| compensate \| doctor \| fix \| fix \| fixing \| fixture \| furbish up \| hangout \| haunt \| indemnify \| mend \| mending \| quicken \| reanimate \| recompense \| recreate \| rectify \| remediate \| remedy \| renovate \| reparation \| resort \| restore \| revive \| revivify \| stamping ground \| touch on \| vivify Related Terms \| Find terms related to Repair: See Also \| ameliorate \| area \| arouse \| band aid \| better \| brace \| care \| cobble \| condition \| correct \| country \| darn \| darning \| energise \| energize \| fill \| gathering place \| give \| heel \| improve \| improvement \| maintenance \| meliorate \| patch \| patch up \| patching \| pay \| perk up \| piece \| point \| quick fix \| quickie \| quicky \| reconstruction \| reheel \| repoint \| resole \| restitution \| restoration \| revamp \| right \| sole \| status \| stimulate \| trouble-shoot \| upkeep \| vamp Repair In Webster's Dictionary \Repair"\ (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"\, 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"\, 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"\, 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.

Repair Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Repair?

[n] the act of putting something in working order again
[n] a frequently visited place
[n] a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"
[v] give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
[v] set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
[v] restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
[v] 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"

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Repair In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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.


\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.


\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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