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