Repair \Re*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repairing.]

[F. r['e]parer, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Repair \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Repair \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)