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repair1 definition

re·pair (ri per)

transitive verb

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

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

noun

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

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repair2 definition

re·pair (ri per)

intransitive verb

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

Etymology: 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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