About The Word Repair
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Repair Definition And Meaning |
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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 \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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