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▪ I. repair, n.1|rɪˈpɛə(r)|
Forms: 4–5 repeir(e, -eyr(e; 4–7 repayr(e, (5 Sc. rap-), -aire, -ar(e, (7 -aier), 4– repair.
[a. OF. repeire, repaire (mod.F. repère) return, etc., f. repeirer, repairer, to repair v.1]
1. (Chiefly in phrases to make or have repair: cf. 4 b.)
a. Resort, frequent or habitual going, to a place. Now arch. or Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8078 Þeyr wonyng ys in þe eyr, [but] Vmwhile to þe erþe þey make repeir. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xlvi. (Anastace) 176 Þe prefet yddire had repare. c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. xvii. 1657 Qwhar common accesse of repayr Men mycht haf to þat figoure fayr. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 190 He saw or persavit him mak grete repaire till his hous. 1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1862) 171 She exhorted repaire to the church. 1581G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 38 Flatterers..alwaies make their repaire thether where profite is to be reaped. 1638Heywood Wise Wom. iii. i. Wks. 1874 V. 314 By his oft repaire..your good name May be by Neighbours hardly censur'd of. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 184 Peter Heylin..was furnished with Books..by his repair to Bodlies Library.
b. Sc. Resort (also occas., stay or sojourn) in a place or among others. Now arch. or Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xii. (Mathias) 292 In þe ayre, quhare þe feyndis has mast repare. Ibid. xxxi. (Eugenia) 104 A lytil tone..quhar cristine men had repare. c1425Wyntoun Cron. ii. xvi. 1484 In ane ile þai gert þaim ga, Amange þaim na rapayr to ma. Ibid. v. iii. 440 Qwhen..þai of Brettane ostagis hade, He gret repayr amange þaim made. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xliii. 1 Thir ladyis fair, That makis repair, And in the court ar kend. 1535Lyndesay Satyre 594 Ȝit in this Realme I wald mak sum repair. 1812Byron Ch. Har. i. xxii, On sloping mounds, or in the vale beneath, Are domes where whilome kings did make repair.
†c. Chiefly Sc. Intercourse or association (with others). Obs.
c1450Lydg. Secrees 190 Yiff thou thus doo by vertuous Repeyr, God shal encrese..thy Royal excellence. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xviii. 17 Ane lady fresche and fair, With gentill men makand repair. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. p. xxvi, The peple thairof has na repair with marchandis of uncouth realmes. a1653Binning Serm. (1845) 186 To cleanse even vain thoughts, and shut up, from that ordinary repair, his own heart.
†d. Liberty of resort. Obs. rare—1.
1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest xv. ⁋2. 87 In their corne, meadowes, and pastures, the Deere must haue their repaire and quiet feede.
2. The place to which one repairs; esp. a haunt, usual abode or dwelling-place.
1375Barbour Bruce xvi. 310 The Erische kyngis than euirilkane Hayme till thar awne repar ar gane. 14..Tundale's Vis., etc. (1843) 92 To hem that ben in euyle of owtrage Repeyre fynall of hur pylgrimage. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop v. viii, This labourer passyd before the repayre or dwellynge place of the sayd Serpent. 1616B. Jonson Epigr. i. xxxii, What not the envy of the seas reach'd to,..At home in his repaire Was his blest fate, but our hard lot to find. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. ccxx, There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair. 1864Reader 2 July 20 When they were the repairs of wild beasts and the sheltering-places of men. 1895Harper's Mag. Feb. 472/2 Converting the hole of the asp into a repair for children.
†b. So place, house, etc. of repair. Obs.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. xci. i, Jehova is my fort, My place of safe repaire. 1598Stow Surv. xliii. (1603) 454 The Arch Bishops of Yorke being dispossessed and hauing no house of repayre. 1611Bible Joel iii. 17 The Lord will be the hope [marg. place of repaire or harbour] of his people.
3. Concourse or confluence of people in or at a place; common or extensive resort of persons to a place. Now rare or Obs.
c1350Ipomadon 342 The courte was plenere all that day Off worthy lordes,..And other grette repeyre. c1386Chaucer Wife's T. 368 Or elles ye wol..take youre auenture of the repair That shal be to youre hous by cause of me. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. lxxvii, Within a chamber..I fand of peple grete repaire. 1482Rolls of Parlt. VI. 224/2 Your true Liege people..wolde there in brief tyme habunde and encrease, by repaire of Merchauntes. 1535Coverdale 1 Macc. ix. 39 There was moch a doo, & greate repayre: for the brydegrome came forth. 1577Fenton Gold. Epist. (1582) 26 He that..holdeth a house of generall repaire, and receyueth the vnthriftie and banished. c1614Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas ii. 875 With earnest repare the paths do seeme to sweate. 1808Jamieson s.v., We still say of a street which is retired from the bustle of a town, that there is not much repair in it. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxi, The footpath leading there was well beaten by the repair of those who frequented it for pastime.
transf.1429Rolls of Parlt. IV. 359/2 Touchyng ye repaire of Wolle..to ye said Staple. 1449Ibid. V. 149/2 The..hole repaire of al manere Marchandise to the same Staple.
†b. In prepositional phrases, as among, but, out of, without repair. Obs. (chiefly Sc.).
c1470Harding Chron. cxliii. iii, This earle was then famed amonge repayre The noblest prynce. 1508Dunbar Flyting 153 In till ane glen thow hes, owt of repair, Ane laithly luge. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xxviii. 11 Endlang ane Park, I past without repair Be Snawdoun syde. a1585Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 196 Where howlring howlets aye doth hant, With robin red-brest, but repaire.
†c. Following, retinue, company. Obs. rare.
c1470Harding Chron. lxxii, The Duke was slayn with all his moste repayre. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 72 My lorde Cardinall, came to the toune of Douer in hast with a noble repaire.
4. The act of († returning) going or making one's way to a place. Now rare or Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce xviii. 557 Northwarde tuk thai hame thar way, And destroyit, in thair repair, The vale haly of Beauvare. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. v. (1555), In your repayre to your fathers reigne..ye shall me with you lede. 1494Fabyan Chron. v. lxxxiv. 62 When the Lordes of Brytayne sawe..theyr dayly repayre into this lande, they assembled them togyder. 1531Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) I. 335 At my next repayre thither it pleased his highnes to call for me. 1593R. Bancroft Daung. Posit. i. vi. 23 A repaire of the Kinges faithfull subiectes to his highnesse presence. 1633Ford Broken Heart ii. ii, We'll write to Athens For his repair to Sparta. 1666in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 10 His goods [are] like to be spoyled or lost, without his speedy repaire thither. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. p. ii, Our repair aboard Ship, and coming to Fort St. George.
b. in phr. to make (one's) repair to (a place or person). Now arch.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xlii. 107 [He] to the court maid his repair. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 8 Nothing might lightly happen..by reason whereof he should be compelled to make his repayre thether againe. 1601Holland Pliny I. 118 Diuers kings and princes, who made repaire to Rome with sutes and supplications. 1812Byron Ch. Har. i. lxix, Then thy spruce citizen, wash'd artisan, And smug apprentice..To Hampstead, Brentford, Harrow make repair. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circle i. (1874) 158 A lover..to his lady must make meek repair.
▪ II. repair, n.2|rɪˈpɛə(r)|
Forms: 6–7 repaire, 7 -ayre, -are; 6– repair.
[f. repair v.2]
1. a. The act of restoring to a sound or unimpaired condition; the process by which this is accomplished; the result attained. † Also pl.
1595Shakes. John iii. iv. 113 Before the curing of a strong disease, Euen in the instant of repaire and health, The fit is strongest. 1611― Cymb. iii. i. 57 Our Lawes, whose vse the Sword of Cæsar Hath too much mangled; whose repayre, and franchise Shall..be our good deed. 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. (1739) 203 So must I leave them until some happy hand shall work their repair. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 457, I,..Dazl'd and spent, sunk down, and sought repair Of sleep. 1748Chesterfield Lett. (1792) II. cxli. 1 My health,..for want of proper attention of late, wanted some repairs. 1869Conington tr. Horace's Sat. etc. (1874) 155 After harvest done, they sought repair From toils which hope of respite made them bear. 1876Trans. Clinical Soc. IX. 11 The repair of a wound is less active,..than when other simple or antiseptic dressings are employed.
b. spec. Restoration of some material thing or structure by the renewal of decayed or worn out parts, by refixing what has become loose or detached, etc.; the result of this. Also pl. (freq. in mod. use). † upon a repair, in process of being repaired.
1661Marvell Corr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 60 A Bill for inabling Churchwardens to rate such monys as are for the repare of the churches, &c. a1676Hale Narr. Customes iii. in S. A. Moore Foreshore (1888) 336 As to the care of repayre of ports, this is in a special manner left to the Kinges care and power. 1756W. Toldervy Hist. 2 Orphans I. 60 The school being very old, was at this time upon a repair. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxvi. (1856) 324 The work of repair was pressed so assiduously, that in three days the stern-post was in its place. 1884Rambles around Oxford (Shrimptons, ed. 2) 86 There appears to have been a large repair of the church in 1668. 1898Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 5/2 Whatever be done to the picture, the repair will be clearly noticeable in a few years.
pl.1677Temple Ess. Cure Gout Wks. 1720 II. 145 Proportioning..the daily repairs to the daily decays of our wasting bodies. 1776Adam Smith W.N. ii. ii. I. 344 The expence of maintaining the fixed capital in a great country, may very properly be compared to that of repairs in a private estate. 1855Prescott Philip II, i. ii. (1857) 13 The completion of some repairs that were going on in the monastery.
c. Remedy of wrong.
1663Butler Hud. i. ii. 412 Cerdon the Great, renown'd in Song, Like Herc'les, for Repair of Wrong.
2. a. Relative state or condition of something admitting or susceptible of restoration in event of actual or possible damage or decay; chiefly of buildings or other composite structures and in phr. in good (or bad) repair.
c1600Shakes. Sonn. iii, That face..Whose fresh repaire if now thou not renewest, Thou doo'st beguile the world. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 114 The castle is yet in good strength and repayre. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 95 One [gate] that was built four hundred years ago, is still in good repair. 1725Swift (title) To Quilca, A Country-House in no very good Repair. 1827Southey Penins. War II. 427 Forty bullock-cars..in such ill repair..that only eleven of them reached Deleitosa. 1845McCulloch Taxation i. i. (1852) 3 To put the roads and bridges into that state of repair which the depressed situation of commerce..seemed to require. 1886Story Fiammetta 48 The house..was now in very bad repair.
b. in repair, in good or proper condition (esp. of structures; so into repair). out of repair, in bad condition, requiring repairs.
1667Duchess of Newcastle Life of Duke of N. (1886) II. 134 His two houses..he found much out of repair. 1693Congreve Old Bach. iv. iv, I hope nobody will come this way, till I have put myself a little in repair. 1726Swift Gulliver iii. iv, Houses very strangely built, and most of them out of Repair. 1792Wolcott (P. Pindar) Odes of Condol. Wks. 1812 III. 103 Like the Needle, while it wounds the cloth, It puts the rag into repair. 1827D. Johnson Ind. Field Sports 4 A sum of money..for keeping the road in repair. 1853J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1873) II. i. iii. 129 If a place goes out of repair, the violence of the rain will soon destroy it.
†c. to run to repair, to require repairing. Obs.
1681Otway Soldier's Fort. v. i, You shall..not be leaving the house uninhabited, lest it run to repair.
3. Comb. as repair bill, repair kit, repair-man (chiefly U.S.), repair outfit, repair-ship, repair-shop, repair station, repair time, repair work(s).
1908Westm. Gaz. 7 Jan. 4/2 The effects of wear and tear would be reduced to a minimum, and the *repair bill..would be kept very low.
1970Observer 1 Feb. 31/6 Ten new pence..now buys a ‘Panti-hose and Tights *Repair Kit’ from Woolworths. 1975Times 28 Aug. 11/8, I do not regard a song and dance as the infallible, all-purpose dramatic repair kit.
1871W. S. Huntington Road-Master's Assistant ii. 9 It is a common practice for *repairmen, when replacing mended iron, to squeeze it in perfectly tight. 1928Sat. Even. Post 4 Feb. 140/1 If your car suffers from any of these common motor ills, take it to your car dealer or repairman. 1958Times 13 Sept. 7/7 Such dilemmas as that of the Los Angeles couple whose T.V. stops one night and the husband must go out and find the repairman. 1976Washington Post 19 Apr. a22/4 The tenants refuse to let repairmen into their apartments.
1908Sears, Roebuck Catal. 517/1 Traveler's big complete *repair outfit. 1976J. R. L. Anderson Redundancy Pay i. 17 He..bought a pump, repair outfit, and a torch-battery cycle lamp.
1905Westm. Gaz. 16 Nov. 6/2 The King's *repair-ship ‘Assistance’ was floated off at Tetuan yesterday.
1866Harper's Mag. Sept. 543/1 In the repair-shops of the Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad. 1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 447 The company now has its own iron-foundery..and an extensive, well-appointed repair-shop. 1899J. Pennell in Fortn. Rev. LXV. 118 There the final collapse came, about 100 miles from any reliable repair shop. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts July 466/1 Somehow the hospital must contrive to be both repair-shop and home.
1906Westm. Gaz. 27 June 7/3 The mechanic..hung on to the radiator from the starting-line to the *repair-station. 1934Discovery Nov. 326/1 Its main depot and repair station is at Lunghwa near Shanghai.
1962Autom. Data Proc. (B.S.I.) 52 *Repair time, time spent outside the periods allocated to routine maintenance and supplementary maintenance in diagnosing and clearing faults, equipment testing and maintenance. 1962D. R. Cox Renewal Theory vii. 80 Suppose that a machine is subject to stoppages and call the time necessary to restart a stopped machine a repair-time.
1906Westm. Gaz. 22 Aug. 10/1 Important *repair work is..being undertaken..at the cathedrals of Winchester, Gloucester, York, and Canterbury. 1907Ibid. 21 Mar. 9/1 With no repair works and with insufficient and sometimes incompetent staff, they ran their omnibuses as many hours as they could anyhow be kept on the road. 1969Gloss. Landscape Work (B.S.I.) v. 30 Repair work, the treatment of incisions, bruises and other wounds or injuries [in trees etc.].
▪ III. repair, v.1|rɪˈpɛə(r)|
Also 4–5 repeire, -eyre, 4–7 repaire, -ayr(e, -ar(e, (5 rap-).
[a. OF. repeirer, repairer, etc. (mod.F. repairer, repérer), for earlier repadrer:—late L. repatriāre to return to one's country, f. re- re- + patria fatherland: cf. repatriate v.]
1. intr. To go, betake oneself, make one's way, usu. to or from a place or person. † Also in pass., to have come or arrived.
13..Guy Warw. (A.) 5169 Repeired is þerl sir Tirri..Herhaud of Ardern the gode marchis. c1320Sir Tristr. 2735 Tristrem þouȝt repaire, Hou so it euer be. c1384Chaucer H. Fame ii. 247 Thus euery thinge..Hath his propre mansyon To which it sekith to repaire. c1450Merlin 126 Men that repayreden thourgh the Contree to assaye yef thei myght ought wynne vpon the kynge. 1529Wolsey in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 2, I beseche yow..repare hyther thys day as sone as the Parlement ys broken up. 1594Kyd Cornelia i. 173 Then from her lothsome Caue doth Plague repaire. 1663Butler Hud. i. ii. 665 To those Places straight repair Where your respective Dwellings are. 1711Addison Spect. No. 123 ⁋5 He received a sudden Summons from Leontine to repair to him in the Country the next Day. 1769Robertson Chas. V, v. Wks. 1813 V. 436 The ambassadors of France and England repaired to Spain. 1810Crabbe Borough i. 15, I repair From this tall mansion..Till we the outskirts of the Borough reach. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 536 There was no longer any difficulty or danger in repairing to William. 1870Dickens E. Drood xii, He repairs to Durdle's unfinished house, or hole in the city wall.
transf.1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xvi. (Percy Soc.) 66 A lady fayre, Whych to love you wyl nothyng repayre. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Gal. 9 The Jewes..forsakyng the ceremonies of theyr elders, repayre vnto the spiritual doctrin of the gospel.
b. To resort to a place or person; to go commonly, frequently, or in numbers.
1375Barbour Bruce x. 556 For I but suspicioun Micht repair till hir preuely. 1390Gower Conf. III. 123 He harmeth Venus and empeireth, Bot Mars unto his hous repeireth. a1440Sir Degrev. 45 Haukes of nobulle eyre Tylle his perke ganne repeyre. 1470–85Malory Arthur xiv. ii. 643 Al the world crysten and hethen repayren vnto the round table. 1560Ingelend Disobed. Child in Hazl. Dodsley II. 297 Sometimes to the church they do repair. 1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa iv. 219 Then they began to repaire vnto this port. a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 208 He used to examine the pockets of such Oxford scholars as repaired unto him. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 694 During Mr. Dugdale's stay in London, he repaired sometimes to the Lodging of Sir Hen. Spelman. 1742Fielding J. Andrews ii. iv, It is usual for the young gentlemen of the bar to repair to these sessions. 1809N. Pinkney Trav. France 31 In the proper season of the year, the people of Calais repair hither for their evening dance.
transf.1432Rolls of Parlt. IV. 410/1 Yat all Wolles..and diverses other Merchandises goyng oute of yis Royalme..sholde repaire to ye Staple at Caleis.
c. To betake oneself, resort to (a person, place, etc.) for something.
1580Sidney Ps. ix. v, Thither the world for justice shall repaire. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. vi. §43 If any desire farther Information herein, let him repair to the worthy Work, which..the..Arch-bishop of Armagh, hath written. 1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 62 Sometimes his Captain..repairs to him for a Refitment. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. vii. 145 No shops to repair to for tools.
†2. To return (again), to come or go back, to or from a place, person, etc. Also in pass., to have returned. Obs.
In some cases only a contextual sense.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. met. iii. 5 (Camb. MS.), To myne eyen repeyrede [L. rediit] hir fyrst strengthe. c1386― Pard. T. 550 To hise felawes agayn repaireth he. c1400Destr. Troy 3454 Þat Parys in point repairit was home..fayne was þe pepull. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) ii. lviii. (1859) 56 The spyrites repayred to the bones, soo that they stoden vp. c1450Merlin 150 Ye shall not take it till ye be repeired fro the bateile. c1500Lancelot 1454 Syne to his maister he ayane Reparith. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. iv. i. 72 That [they]..May all to Athens backe againe repaire. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. iv. xxxiii, The smoak mounting in village nigh..Begins the night, warns us home repair.
†b. Without const.: To return. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. met. ii. 53 (Camb. MS.) Hyr corage of tyme passed..repeyreth ayein [L. redeunt animi] and they roren greuosly. a1400–50Alexander 3751 Quen we repaire with þe palme þan prayses vs oure feris. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 92 b/1 They repayred by amyens and passed by a lytyl vylage named Sayns. 1607Shakes. Timon iii. iv. 69 If I might beseech you Gentlemen, to repayre some other houre.
†3. To be present, temporarily or habitually; to have one's resort or abode; to dwell, reside. Obs.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1017 Trumpez & nakerys, Much pypyng þer repayres. 1375Barbour Bruce iv. 477 In-till a stalward place heir-by Reparis all thair cumpany. c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. xii. 1171 In wildernes, Qwhar na man dar repayr na dwel. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 272/1 Thy blood whiche repayrest in heuenes. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xi. 11 Also there was the Erle of Arundell..repayryng about the Kyngis courte. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus ii. 198 Till he come to quhair the nine [nobles] did repair. [1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. i. 113 b, Euery one..were by the Lawes constrayned to repayre at a time and houre appointed in his quarters.]
†4. trans.
a. To draw back, to recover.
b. To convey. Obs. rare.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. xi. 13 He, ere he could his weapon backe repaire, His side all bare and naked overtooke. 1612Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 8 This 50li Mr. Eustace delivered Thomas Russell of Ballyea for me who did repair yt unto me.
†5. refl.
a. To proceed.
b. To abide, stay. Obs.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xxvi. (Percy Soc.) 114 Than on my jorney, my selfe to repayre,..Forthe on I rode. Ibid. xxxii. 158 So forth we went unto a chamber fayre, Where many ladies did them selfe repayre. 1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China ii. vii. 150 They vnderstood..he must abide and repayre himself in some place nigh there aboutes.
▪ IV. repair, v.2|rɪˈpɛə(r)|
Also 4–7 repaire, -ayre, (5 -eyre, 5–6 -are).
[a. OF. reparer (mod.F. réparer) or ad. L. reparāre f. re- re- + parāre to make ready, put in order: cf. prepare.]
†1. trans.
a. To adorn, ornament. Also absol.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 1028 Þe wonez with-inne enurned ware Wyth alle kynnez perre þat moȝt repayre. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour C. iij, Of them..that so moche waste their good to be jolif and repayre their carayn.
†b. To set in order, strengthen. Obs.—1
1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 162 The Soudan..caused the Holy Lande to be better repared and more suerly kept.
†c. To furnish or provide with something. Obs.
1557Will of J. Bowler (Somerset Ho.), My wif shall kepe maynteyn and repayer all my said children with meate drincke and honnest apparrell. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle v. 1677 What bird doth cut the aire With her swift wing, but that we doe repaire Therwith our tables?
2. To restore (a composite thing, structure, etc.) to good condition by renewal or replacement of decayed or damaged parts, or by refixing what has given way; to mend.
1387[see repairing vbl. n.2 1]. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 252 As..an artificeer reparith a riven cheste. 1494Fabyan Chron. ii. xxxi. 23 Whan..Belyn was retourned into Brytayne he repayred olde Cyties. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 121 He repared his navie and returned to Constantinople. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 194 The fourth Bridge..being rebuilt or repaired of stone, by King Charles the sixth. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 878 Disburd'nd Heav'n rejoic'd, and soon repaird Her mural breach. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 71 Houses here and there are always Repairing. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ii, Peter brought materials for repairing the place, and some furniture. 1798Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iv. 120 When the mutilation of the nose was to be repaired. 1823Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Old China, While I was repairing some of the loose leaves with paste. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xx. x. (1872) IX. 175 A place called Almeida, which Bückeburg had tried to repair into strength.
absol.1820Gifford Eng. Lawyer (ed. 5) 418 The law excuses the lessee, unless there is a covenant to repair and uphold.
b. To heal or cure (a wound). Also intr. of a wound: To mend, heal up.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 43 So well he did her deadly wounds repaire. 1738Gray Propertius iii. 81 The Melians Hurt Machaon could repair. 1881Daily News 29 Aug. 5/6 The wound was not repairing, and was not better than on Friday.
c. refl. To put (oneself) in order again.
1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life ii. xxiii, On arriving, too late to repair yourself, you are obliged to sit down to table..with plastered hair [etc.].
3. To renew, renovate (some thing or part); to restore to a fresh or sound condition by making up in some way for previous loss, waste, decay, or exhaustion. (In later use commonly with approximation to sense 2.)
c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) iv, Þei burnessh not nor repeireth not hir heere into newe gras tyme. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 183 b, The fruyte of the tree of lyfe..onely repared & nourysshed y⊇ bodyes of the eaters. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. ii. i. 99 My decayed faire A sunnie looke of his would soon repaire. 1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 296 The armie being a little repaired here, the Marques went to the Ile of Coruo to meete with the Indian fleete. 1620Brinsley Virgil 103 The way by which Bees may be repaired againe when they shall be vtterly dead and gone. 1637Milton Lycidas 169 So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 652 While the Southern Air And dropping Heav'ns the moisten'd Earth repair. 1711Addison Spect. No. 69 ⁋5 We repair our Bodies by the Drugs of America. 1757Gray Bard 137 Tomorrow he [the sun] repairs the golden flood. 1791Cowper Let. to Meriton 24 June, While your church is undergoing repair, its minister may be repaired also. 1845Budd Dis. Liver 24 The waste of the tissues which these elements go to repair. 1847Emerson Poems (1857) 190, I see my trees repair their boughs. 1896tr. Boas' Text-bk. Zool. 32 Mammalia..can, indeed, repair injured epidermis and the like.
b. With immaterial object. Also refl.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. xvi. (1495) 41 The angels sholde in theimself repare the ymage of god and refourme it and kepe it. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 20 The thyrd day [he] rose agayne from the dead, and repayred life for all belevers. 1598Drayton Heroic. Ep. ii. 98 Thy Presence hath repaired in one day, What many Yeeres with Sorrowes did decay. 1611Shakes. Cymb. ii. ii. 14 Mans ore⁓labor'd sense Repaires it selfe by rest. 1671Milton Samson 665 Secret refreshings, that repair his strength. 1712–14Pope Rape Lock i. 141 The fair..Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry grace. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 29 The Baths..will, I hope, repair my strength. 1871Palgrave Lyr. Poems 95 O love that cannot be repair'd Whate'er the future bring!
absol.1590Spenser F.Q. i. vii. 41 ‘Flesh may empaire’, (quoth he) ‘but reason can repaire’.
†c. To make up (a sum) again. Obs. rare—1.
1486Lichfield Gild. Ord. (E.E.T.S.) 22 Willing to fulfill, renew, and make hoole the seid summe off xl li. [marg. the hole summe of xl li repared.]
†d. To revive, recreate (a person). Obs.
1591Shakes. Two Gent. v. iv. 11 Repaire me, with thy presence, Siluia: Thou gentle Nimph, cherish thy for-lorne swaine. 1601― All's Well i. ii. 30 It much repaires me To talke of your good father.
†4. To restore (a person) to a previous state; to reinstate, re-establish, rehabilitate. Obs.
1535Coverdale Jer. xxxi. 4, I wil repayre the agayne (o thou doughter of Israel) that thou mayest be fast and sure. 1646E. F[isher] Marrow Mod. Divin. (ed. 2) 25 Such a..person that had..compassion toward man that he might be repaired. 1693J. Edwards Author. O. & N. Test. 124 Prometheus is said to have repaired and restored mankind. 1738Wesley Ps. li. xix, Then hear the contrite Sinner's Prayer, And every ruin'd Soul repair.
refl.1614Raleigh Hist. World II. iv. iv. §4. 207 To repaire himselfe he could finde no way safer, than to put all to aduenture.
†b. To remedy, right, or compensate (one). Obs.
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 129 To be revengit or ellis repairit of all oppressiouns and iniurieis committit. 1647May Hist. Parl. ii. iii. 52 He accounts himself injured by the Parliament, in not repairing him against Hotham. 1691Bethel Providences of God (1697) 141, I had great Misfortunes, and..this was a ready way to repair me.
†c. refl. To recoup (oneself). Obs. rare.
1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xc. (1674) 124 The Prince should pay his forfeiture,..of whom he might at his leisure repair himself. a1661Fuller Worthies, Cheshire (1662) 289 He repaired himself by a gainfull composition with the Indians, for the losses he had sustained by the Turkes.
†d. To save, deliver from something. Obs.—1
1594Southwell M. Magd. Funerall Teares (1609) 46 Could thy loue repaire thee from his rage?
5. To remedy, make up (loss, damage, etc.); to set right again.
1533Bellenden Livy v. (S.T.S.) II. 231 To repare þe dammaige þat Is hapnit be publict birning. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 93 That losse is not yet repaired, the Emperor not hauing at this time above 5 gallies. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. i. 79 Ile repayre the misery thou do'st beare With something rich about me. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 152, I can repaire That detriment. c1710C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 128 The one good yeare sufficiently repaires their loss. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. X. 168 The Gauls..were altogether unskilful either in improving their victories, or repairing their defeats. 1831–3E. Burton Eccl. Hist. xii. (1845) 281 They..made Christ..to have been sent into the world to repair the evil, which the Demiurgus had caused. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 67 James..said, with some truth, that the loss of such a man could not be easily repaired.
b. To make good, make up for, make amends for (harm done, etc.).
1562Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 227 Knawing that the actioun and caus laid to thair charge..is sensyne reparit, dressit and aggreit. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. i. 123 The rest of the beistes..hald besyd the, in thy power, ay quhil thair maistir repair the skath. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 432 A gen'rous heart repairs a sland'rous tongue. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxi. II. 263 The emperor seemed impatient to repair his injustice. 1853Lytton My Novel viii. ii, I wish to repair to you any wrong, real or supposed, I may have done you in past times.
c. intr. To make reparation for something.
1886Fargus Living or Dead II. 93, I..endeavoured by the warmth of my waved adieu to repair for my show of annoyance.
†6. To set straight, make exact. Obs. rare—1.
1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 124 All the forementioned Incurvations are to be trimmed and repaired by reconciled lines.
†7. intr. To reform. Obs. rare—1.
1748Richardson Clarissa ci. VII. 399 Marry and repair, at any time; This, wretch that I was! was my plea to myself. |