repair : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repair	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repair n the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation] a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair" a frequently visited place Synonym(s): haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground v restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" Synonym(s): repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on Antonym(s): break, bust 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" Synonym(s): compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" Synonym(s): repair, resort set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" Synonym(s): rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Synonym(s): animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repair \Repair"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repair \Repair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repaired} (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repairing}.] [F. r[82]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.