Repair | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Rē-pāir′, v. t.

verbtransitive

(re-pâr′, 4), v. t. [imp. & p. p. REPAIRED; p. pr. & vb. n. REPAIRING.] [Fr. réparer, Pr., Sp., & Pg. reparar, It. riparare, Lat. reparare, from re, again, back, and parare, to prepare.]

To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; as, to repair a house, a wall, or a ship. “Secret refreshings that repair his strength.” Milton.
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-pāir', n.

noun

n. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial destruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or a city.

*Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. Milton.*

Re-pâir', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [O. Fr. repairer, repairier, Pr. repairar, to return; Sp. repatriar, It. ripatriare, fr. Lat. repatriare, to return to one's country, to go home again, from re, back, and patria, native country. Cf. REPATRIATE.] To go; to betake one's self; to resort; as, to repair to a sanctuary for safety.

Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. Pope.

Re-pâir', n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. repaire, repere, Pr. repaire, retreat, asylum, abode. See supra.] [Rare.]

Sense 1. The act of betaking one's self to any place.

The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. Clarendon.

Sense 2. The place to which one repairs; an abode; resort.

And beat him downward to his first repair. Dryden.

Sense 3. An invitation. [Obs. and rare.]