To repair means to fix or mend something so that it is in good working order again. If you forget to put oil in your car and you blow the engine, it's going to cost you an awful lot to repair it.
To return.
Noun
the act of putting something in working order again
Noun
a frequently visited place
Noun
a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"
Verb
give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
Verb
set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
Verb
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
Verb
move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
Verb
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"
v. i.
To return.
v. i.
To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair
to sanctuary for safety.
n.
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
n.
Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent;
to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
n.
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.
n.
Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as,
a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.
Repair
I thought . . . that he repaire should again.2.
Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.
Repair
The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.2.
There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair.
Repair
Secret refreshings that repair his strength.
Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness.2.
I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear.
Repair
Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me.2.
To return.
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend;
Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation;
Usage Examples
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.
The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
What charitable 1 percenters can't do is assume responsibility - America's national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts.
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Other Usage ExamplesI'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.
On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously.
We're learning how important it is both to preserve sibling relationships if they work and repair them if they're broken. We're also learning a lot about nonliteral siblings - stepsiblings, half-siblings - and the surprising power they can have.
Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
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