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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I thought . . . that he repaire should again. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go. ] 1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There the fierce winds his tender force assail
And beat him downward to his first repair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Repaired 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Secret refreshings that repair his strength. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do thou, as thou art wont, repair
My heart with gladness. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sunk down and sought repair
Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Reparable. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of repairing. [ 1913 Webster ]