Re*pair" (r?-p?r"), v. 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", n. [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", v. 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.
Shak.
Syn. -- To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve;
recruit.
Re*pair", n. 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.
Re*pair" (r?-p?r"), v. 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", n. [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", v. 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.
Shak.
Syn. -- To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve;
recruit.
Re*pair", n. 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.
