[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

repair \repair"\ 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.
      1913 webster

            i thought . . . that he repaire should again.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to
      sanctuary for safety. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster
see also:
father repatriate 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

repair \repair"\, 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.
      1913 webster

            sunk down and sought repair
            of sleep, which instantly fell on me. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.;
      as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of
      repair.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

repair \repair"\, n. of. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. see
   repair to go.
   1. the act of repairing or resorting to a place. r.
      --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            the king sent a proclamation for their repair to
            their houses.                         --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   2. place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. r.
      1913 webster

            there the fierce winds his tender force assail
            and beat him downward to his first repair. --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
repair 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

repair \repair"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. repaired -p?rd"; p.
   pr.  vb. n. repairing. f. r'eparer, 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.
      1913 webster

            secret refreshings that repair his strength.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

            do thou, as thou art wont, repair
            my heart with gladness.               --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   2. to make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to
      indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
      1913 webster

            i 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. --shak.
      1913 webster

   syn: to restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve;
        recruit.
        1913 webster
see also:
repaired repairing pare reparation 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

repair
     n 1: the act of putting something in working order again syn: fix,
           fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
     2: a formal way of referring to the condition of something;
        "the building was in good repair"
     3: a frequently visited place syn: haunt, hangout, resort,
         stamping ground
     v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn
          or broken; "she repaired her tv set"; "repair my shoes
          please" syn: mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish
          up, restore, touch on ant: break
     2: make amends for; pay compensation for; "one can never fully
        repair the suffering and losses of the jews in the third
        reich"; "she was compensated for the loss of her arm in
        the accident" syn: compensate, recompense, indemnify
     3: move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "he repaired to
        his cabin in the woods" syn: resort
     4: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify
        the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" syn: rectify,
         remediate, remedy, amend
     5: give new life or energy to; "a hot soup will revive me";
        "this will renovate my spirits"; "this treatment repaired
        my health" syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive,
         renovate, quicken, vivify, revivify
see also:
fix fixing fixture mend mending reparation 
haunt hangout resort stamping ground bushel 
doctor furbish up restore touch on break 
compensate recompense indemnify rectify remediate 
remedy amend animate recreate reanimate 
revive renovate quicken vivify revivify 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

119 moby thesaurus words for "repair":
   adjust, adjustment, amends, apply, atone, atone for, bad condition,
   brighten up, brush up, case, cobble, commission, compensate,
   compensation, condition, correction, darn, do up, doctor, estate,
   expiate, fare, fettle, fitness, fix, fix up, fixing, form, freshen,
   furbish, furbish up, give satisfaction, go, good condition, hie,
   improvement, journey, kilter, live down, make amends,
   make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation,
   make right, make up for, making right, mend, mending, nick, order,
   overhaul, overhauling, pass, patch, patch up, pay the forfeit,
   pay the penalty, polish, polish up, proceed, process, propitiate,
   push on, put in commission, put in order, put in repair,
   put in shape, put right, ready, rebuild, recap, recompense,
   recondition, reconstruct, rectification, recur, redeem, redress,
   refer, remedy, renew, renewal, renovate, renovation, repairing,
   reparation, restoration, restore, retouch, retread, revamp, revive,
   rub up, run, satisfaction, satisfy, service, set right,
   set to rights, sew up, shape, shine, spruce, spruce up, square it,
   square things, state, tinker, tinker up, tone up, touch up, travel,
   trim, troubleshooting, turn, vamp, vamp up, wend

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