Repair
Repair (r?-p?r") , intransitive verb
[Old English repairen, Old French repairier to return, from Latin repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, from pater father. See Father, and compare Repatriate.]
1.
To return. [Obsolete]
I thought... that he repaire should again.
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.
Repair , noun
[Old French repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go.]
1.
The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [Rare] — Chaucer
The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.
2.
Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [Rare]
There the fierce winds his tender force assail
And beat him downward to his first repair.
Repair (-p?rd") , transitive verb
[French réparer, Latin reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to prepare. See Pare, and compare 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.
Do thou, as thou art wont, repair
My heart with gladness.
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.
Repair , noun
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.
2.
Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.