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Webster 1913 Edition

(r?-p?r′?-t?v)

Adj.

Repairing, or tending to repair.

Jer. Taylor.

Noun.

That which repairs.

Sir H. Wotton.

Adj.

That repairs; restoring to a sound or good state; that amends defect or makes good.

Noun.

That which restores to a good state; that which makes amends.

reparative ‎(comparative more reparative, superlative most reparative)

Tending to or intended to repair.
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Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation.

reparative ‎(plural reparatives)

That which repairs.
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