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Definition repair

Etymology 1

Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin repar? (“renew, repair”).

Verb

repair (third-person singular simple present repairs, present participle repairing, simple past and past participle repaired)

1. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.

Noun

repair (countable and uncountable, plural repairs)

1. The act of repairing something.
2. The result of repairing something.
3. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.

Etymology 2

From Middle English repairen (“to return”), borrowed from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare (“to return to one's country”), from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repatriate.

Noun

repair (plural repairs)

1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
2. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.

Verb

repair (third-person singular simple present repairs, present participle repairing, simple past and past participle repaired)

1. To transfer oneself to another place.

Etymology 3

From re- +‎ pair.

Verb

repair (third-person singular simple present repairs, present participle repairing, simple past and past participle repaired)

1. to pair again

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