repair
    n 1: the act of putting something in working order again [syn:
         repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending,
         reparation]
    2: a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the
       building was in good repair"
    3: a frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout,
       resort, repair, stamping ground]
    v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is
         torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
         please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor,
         furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust]
    2: 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" [syn: compensate, recompense, repair,
       indemnify]
    3: move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to
       his cabin in the woods" [syn: repair, resort]
    4: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify
       the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn:
       rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend]
    5: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
       "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my
       health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive,
       renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]

Repair \Re*pair"\, n. [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See
   Repair to go.]
   1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.]
      --Chaucer.
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            The king sent a proclamation for their repair to
            their houses.                         --Clarendon.
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   2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.]
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            There the fierce winds his tender force assail
            And beat him downward to his first repair. --Dryden.
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Repair \Re*pair"\ (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.]
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            I thought . . . that he repaire should again.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to
      sanctuary for safety. --Chaucer.
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            Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.
                                                  --Pope.
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Repair \Re*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd"); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Repairing.] [F. r['e]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.
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            Secret refreshings that repair his strength.
                                                  --Milton.
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            Do thou, as thou art wont, repair
            My heart with gladness.               --Wordsworth.
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   2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to
      indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
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            I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. --Shak.
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   Syn: To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve;
        recruit.
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Repair \Re*pair"\, 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.
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            Sunk down and sought repair
            Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. --Milton.
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   2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.;
      as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of
      repair.
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