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Webster 1913 Edition

Repair

Re-pair′

(r?-p?r′)
,
Verb.
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′

,
Noun.
[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′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Repaired
(-p?rd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Repairing
.]
[F.
réparer
, 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.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit.

Re-pair′

,
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.
Milton.
2.
Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.;
as, a house in good, or bad,
repair
; the book is out of
repair
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Repair

REPA'IR

,
Verb.
T.
[L. reparo; re and paro, to prepare. See Pare.]
1.
To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation or partial destruction; as, to repair a house, a wall or a ship; to repair roads and bridges. Temperance and diet may repair a broken or enfeebled constitution. Food repairs the daily waste of the body.
2.
To rebuild a part decayed or destroyed; to fill up; as, to repair a breach.
3.
To make amends, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.

REPA'IR

,
Noun.
Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury or partial destruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or a city.

REPA'IR

,
Verb.
I.
To go to; to betake one's self; to resort; as, to repair to a sanctuary for safety.
Go, mount the winds and to the shades repair.

REPA'IR

,
Noun.
The act of betaking one's self to any place; a resorting; abode.

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