I. rə̇ˈpa(a)](ə)r, rēˈp-, -pe], ]ə\ intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English repairen, from Middle French repairer, repairier to return, go back to one's own country, dwell, from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare to go back to one's own country, from Latin re- + Late Latin -patriare (from Latin patria native country) — more at expatriate
1.
a. : to betake oneself : go
summoned me to repair immediately to the lobby — Horace Sutton
b. : to go habitually : resort
sacred trees to which they repair at various times, but especially before harvest — J.G.Frazer
c. : to go to a specified place for a specified purpose
repair to the second-floor cafe to drink tea and coffee — C.S.Coon
repairing to their villages in the rainy season to plant their plots — R.H.Lowie
d. : to go for the purpose of assembling : rally
raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair — George Washington
a standard of ethical professional conduct to which all architects of good will might repair — G.B.Cummings
2. obsolete : return
all to Athens back again repair — Shakespeare
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English repair, repaire, from Middle French repaire return, dwelling, from Old French, from repairier, v.
1. : the act or fact of repairing to a place : resort
as the day gets warm, repair is had to the shade of a tree — James Stevenson-Hamilton
2. chiefly Scotland : a concourse especially of people : flocking
3. : a place of resort : haunt
his house became a repair for rising politicians
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English repairen, reparen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparare, from re- + parare to prepare — more at pare
transitive verb
1.
a. : to restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken : fix , mend
so neatly repaired that he could see no trace of the once familiar rents — T.B.Costain
repair a house
repair a shoe
b. : to restore to a sound or healthy state : renew , revivify
repair his strength
resume his law practice in order to repair his private fortune — E.M.Coulter
repair the tissues of the body
2. : to make good : remedy
the material and moral damage took long to repair — Jacquetta & Christopher Hawkes
repair the lack of early education — E.H.Collis
will repair his ignominious failure — Bernard DeVoto
3. : to make up for : compensate for
repair an insult
repair an injustice
intransitive verb
: to make repairs
Synonyms: see mend
IV. noun
( -s )
1.
a. : the act or process of repairing : restoration to a state of soundness, efficiency, or health
the boat was beyond repair
a thorough repair of the crazy fabric of human nature — T.L.Peacock
b. : an instance or result of repairing
the coat needed only a simple repair
made a few repairs to the stairs where some boards had come loose
the repair to the rug was evident to the eye
c. : the replacement of destroyed cells or tissues by new formations
2.
a. : relative condition with respect to soundness or need of repairing
the car is in reasonably good repair
the building is in poor repair
b. : the state of being in good or sound condition
the house is in repair
the house is out of repair
his judgment was in constant repair — F.A.Swinnerton
3. repairs plural : the portion of maintenance charges expended to keep fixed assets in adequate and efficient operating condition and recorded on the books as expense — contrasted with renewal and replacement