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To repair is defined as to fix something.

(verb)

An example of to repair is to do whatever is necessary to make a non-working watch keep accurate time.

Repair is the act of fixing or the state of being repaired.

(noun)

An example of a repair is a fixed brake system on a car.

See repair in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to put back in good condition after damage, decay, etc.; mend; fix
to renew; restore; revive: to repair one's health
to amend; set right; remedy: to repair a mistake
to make amends for; make up or compensate for (a wrong, injury, etc.)

Origin: ME repairen < OFr reparer < L reparare < re-, again + parare, to get ready, prepare

noun

the act, process, or work of repairing
an instance of repairing or work done in repairing
the state of being repaired, or fit for use: a car kept in repair
state with respect to being repaired: a house in bad repair

Related Forms:

repairable adjective
repairer noun

intransitive verb

to go or betake oneself (to a place)
to go often, customarily, or in numbers
Obsolete to return

Origin: ME repairen < OFr repairer < LL repatriare < L re-, back + patria, native country < (terra) patria, (land) of one's father, fem. of patrius < pater, father

noun

Archaic a place to which one repairs; resort; haunt

See repair in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·paired, re·pair·ing, re·pairs

verb, transitive

To restore to sound condition after damage or injury; fix: repaired the broken watch.
To set right; remedy: repair an oversight.
To renew or revitalize.
To make up for or compensate for (a loss or wrong, for example).

verb, intransitive

To make repairs.

noun

a. The work, act, or process of repairing.
b. 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.
General condition after use or repairing: in good repair.
Something that has been repaired.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English reparen, repairen

Origin: , from Old French reparer

Origin: , from Latin reparāre

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + parāre, to prepare, put in order; see perə-¹ in Indo-European roots

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