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Re*pair", n. [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go.] 1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.] Chaucer.

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

Clarendon.

2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.]

There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair.

Dryden.

Re*pair", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repairing.] [F. réparer, 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.

Secret refreshings that repair his strength.

Milton.

Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness.

Wordsworth.

2. 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*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.

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

Milton.

2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.

Re*pair"a*ble (-?*b'l), a. Reparable. Gauden.

Re*pair"er (-?r), n. One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.

Re*pair"ment, n. Act of repairing.

Re*pand" (r?*p?nd), a. [L. repandus bent backward, turned up; pref. re- re- + pandus bent, crooked.] (Bot. & Zool.) Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.

Rep`a*ra*bil"i*ty (r?p`?-r?-b?l"?-t?), n. The quality or state of being reparable.

Rep"a*ra*ble (r?p"?-r?-b'l), a. [L. reparabilis: cf. F. réparable.] Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.

Rep"a*ra*bly, adv. In a reparable manner.

Rep`a*ra"tion (-r?"sh?n), n. [F. réparation, L. reparatio. See Repair to mend.] 1. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used. Arbuthnot.

2. The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity.