REPA'IR, L. reparo re and paro, to prepare. See Pare.
1. 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 to repair roads and bridges. Temperance and diet may repair a broken or enfeebled constitution. Food repairs the daily waste of the body.
2. To rebuild a part decayed or destroyed to fill up as, to repair a breach.
3. To make amends, as for an injury, by an equivalent to indemnify for as, to repair a loss or damage.
REPA'IR, 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.
REPA'IR, To go to to betake one's self to resort as, to repair to a sanctuary for safety.
Go, mount the winds and to the shades repair.
REPA'IR, n. The act of betaking one's self to any place a resorting abode.
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