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reparation|rɛpəˈreɪʃən|
Also 4–7 reparacion, 4 -cyoun, 5 -cioun, 5–6 -cyon; 6 raperecioun, reperacion, -cyon.
[a. OF. reparacion (14th c.; mod.F. reparation), ad. L. reparātiōn-em, n. of action f. reparāre to repair.]
†1. A reconciliation. Obs. rare—1.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame ii. 180 Mo discordes and mo Ielousies,..And moo dissimulacions And feyned reparacions.
2. a. The action of restoring to a proper state; restoration or renewal (of a thing or part); † upholding, maintenance.
1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 63 He schal payyn, to y⊇ reparacion of y⊇ lythe, [half a pound of] wax. c1425Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 35 Sum man ioyed..for reparacioun of his goyng that he lackyd. 1586Hooker Disc. Justification Wks. 1888 III. 489 Holy water,..papal salutations, and such like, which serve for reparations of grace decayed. 1605Timme Quersit. i. xvii. 88 Life..is also conserued by the reparation of natural moysture. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 4 This communication of the Divine nature to us, is by reparation of the Divine image in us. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 203 The satisfaction consisteth in a reparation of that honour which by the injury was eclipsed. 1731Arbuthnot Aliments (1735) 40 The Fluids and Solids of an Animal Body demand a constant Reparation. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest i, To attempt schemes for the reparation of his fortune. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xi, You owe me something for reparation of honour. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Forms Anim. Life 608 The Chætopoda appear to have considerable powers of reparation after injury, and the formation of a new head..has been observed.
†b. Spiritual restoration, salvation; also, an instance of this. Obs.
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 46 In ye ordyr of oure reparacyon Descens it to jacob toknyng supplantacyon. 1560Becon New Catech. Wks. 1564 I. 436 b, Whether it be his..reparation, iustification, glorification, &c., it cometh altogether of the fre grace of god. 1587Golding De Mornay Ep. Ded., Let us..busie our selues in the vniuersall table of mans saluation and reparation. a1667Cowley Verses on Virgin Wks. 1711 III. 54 The Choir of blessed Angels..wish'd a Reparation to see By him, who Manhood join'd with Deity. 1699Burnet 39 Art. ix. 109 This is the Universal Redemption and Reparation that all mankind shall have in Christ Jesus. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. vi. iii. 247 He speaks at large of our Reparation by Jesus Christ.
†c. The restoration of a person. Obs. rare—1.
a1652Brome Love-sick Court v. iii, Could grief recal Philargus, we would weep A second deluge for his reparation.
3. a. The action of repairing or mending, or the fact of being repaired; repair of material things (as buildings or other structures) by renewal or refixing of decayed or damaged parts. (Now more usually expressed by repair n.2 1 b.)
c1400Mandeville (1839) xvi. 174 Whan the Mynystres of that Chirche neden to maken ony reparacyoun of the Chirche. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 231 Herodes..namede Ascolonita for the reparacion of a cite callede Ascalon. 1495Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 207 Reparacion and Amendyng of certeyne Takle. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §5 This wayne is made of dyuers peces, that wyll haue a greate reparation. 1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 35 The reparacion and amendment of any the pypes of leade hereafter..broken. 1596Bacon Max. & Use Com. Law i. iv. (1636) 23 Stone towards the reparation of such a Castle. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Providence xxxi, Thorns..make A better hedge, and need lesse reparation. 1665–6Phil. Trans. I. 24 The mines need continual reparation, the Fir-trees lasting but a small time under ground. 1710Lond. Gaz. No. 4643/4 [She] may be fitted to Sea with a moderate Reparation. 1752Johnson Rambler No. 192 ⁋2 At last the old hall was pulled down to spare the cost of reparation. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 436, I would make the reparation as nearly as possible in the style of the building. 1812Sir J. Sinclair Syst. Husb. Scot. i. 74 Unless machines are of a strong and powerful construction, they..require perpetual reparation. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) I. App. 648 The original charter records the reparation of the church.
†b. in, out of (..) reparation, in or out of repair or good condition. Obs.
1567in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 119 Kept in due reparation. 1601Chester Love's Mart., Dial. (1878) 26 The newly-builded Minster, Still kept in notable reparation. 1602Marston Ant. & Mel. ii. Wks. 1856 I. 27 And 'twere not for printing, and painting, My breech and your face would be out of reparation. 1663Gerbier Counsel 92 They..maintain it durable for twenty one years long, in reparation at a yearly small rate.
†c. Sc. Furniture, furnishings. Obs. rare—1.
1566Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 360 The townis..culd nocht be satisfeit, till that the hole reparatioun and ornamentis of the Churche (as thay terme it) war distroyed.
4. a. pl. Repairs. Now somewhat rare. † Also, in early use, sums spent on repairs.
1439E.E. Wills (1882) 123 The profitz ther-of comyng in the mean tyme, ouer reparacions & expenses, to be keppid to his profite. 1459Paston Lett. I. 447 For the sustentacion of the seyd priour..and for here othyr chargys and reparacionis. 1479Bury Wills (Camden) 51 All reparacyonys of hegges and houses. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xlvii. 68 They..bete downe the castell, and bare all the stones into their towne to make reparacyons withall. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utop. ii. (1895) 150 Their houses continewe and laste very longe with litle labour and small reparacions. 1601Holland Pliny II. 579 One Circamnos..made some small reparations here about this Labyrinth. 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. lxvi. (1739) 146 Reparations and adorning of Churches, and Fences of Church-yards. 1656H. Phillips Purch. Patt. (1676) B iij b, Many Tenants would neglect these reasonable and necessary Reparations. 1712Arbuthnot J. Bull iv. vi, Do you consider..the expenses of reparations and servants? 1733Neal Hist. Purit. II. 226 The like reparations of paintings, pictures, and crucifixes were made in the King's chapel at Whitehall. 1775Sterne's Sent. Journ. III. Contin. 198 It was written..upon a piece of paper that required some reparations to make it legible. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) I. 119 He cut them down, and kept them to be used in reparations. 1838Thirlwall Greece IV. 101 The image of the tutelary goddess was annually stript of its ornaments for the sake of the needful reparations and ablutions.
†b. in, out of (..) reparations. = 3 b. Obs.
1554Bonner in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xvi. 41 Whether such as have churches..do kepe their chauncels and houses in good and sufficyent reparacyons. 1563Homilies ii. Repairing Churches (1859) 276 If his barn..be out of reparations, what diligence useth he to make it in perfect state again. 1588Greene Perimedes 22 Taking the tongs in hir hand, to keepe the fire in reparations. 1614Rich Honest. Age (1844) 30 The world..is..growne so far out of reparations, that (I thinke) there is no hope of amendment. 1628Coke On Litt. 215 b, Keeping the houses in reparations.
†c. to keep the reparations, to make the necessary repairs.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 47 b, As long as he payes his rent, and keepes the reparations, it shall not be lawfull to deceiue him. 1591Child-Marriages 144 He was not hable to kepe the reparacions of the said walles.
5. a. The action of making amends for a wrong done; amends; compensation. Also const. for, of.
1418Hen. V in Proc. Privy Council (1834) II. 244 For defaulte of reparacioun and restitucion of suche attemptates as be made by certein of oure subgettes. 1487in Surrey Archæol. Collect. III. 163, I will that..reparation be done for any wrong committed by me. 1602T. Fitzherbert Apol. 4 Their meaning was no other, but only to seek reparation of wrongs done vnto them. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §11 It is thought but a just Reparation for the Reproach that he deserved not, to Free him from the Censure he deserved. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Matt. v. 25 If thou have wronged any man, delay not reparation of his wrong. 1706–7Farquhar Beaux' Strat. ii. i, You were very naught last Night, and must make your Wife Reparation. 1788Reid Active Powers v. v. 660 When war is taken for self defence, or for reparation of intolerable injuries, justice authorizes it. 1824Landor Imag. Conv., P. Leopold & Pres. Du Paty, The lower courts [of justice], in which the slowness of reparation is the thing most complained of. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 522 The Roman Catholics were in no condition to demand reparation for injustice. 1877Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. iii. 33 He..professed himself willing to make reasonable reparation.
pl.1645Milton Tetrach. Introd., To defend my self publicly against a printed Calumny..can be no immoderate..course of seeking so just and needfull reparations.
†b. Compensation for, remedying of, some loss.
1668Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 560 Health is a valuable Reparation for the Diminution of Plenty. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. xvii. (1827) VII. 356 Who contributed to the reparation of the losses.
c. Repair of an injury.
1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 803/1 Nature had not made the slightest attempt at reparation [of the fracture]. 1881Amer. Naturalist Sept. 709 [It] showed signs of reparation in three days, and in six weeks the injury was completely repaired.
d. pl. Compensation for war damage owed by the aggressor.
In the Treaty of Peace (1919) the English heading of Part viii is ‘Reparation’, but the French is ‘Réparations’.
1921Glasgow Herald 28 Oct. 11 The mere purchase of foreign securities to meet reparations..simply means the transference of worthless papers from one body of financiers to another. 1931F. L. Allen Only Yesterday ii. 24 Lodge..wanted Germany to be disarmed, saddled with a terrific bill for reparations, and if possible dismembered. 1947Sun (Baltimore) 2 Apr. 10/2 Reparations to Russia must be paid out of current German production. 1976C. Bermant Coming Home ii. v. 184 Israel..partly with the help of German reparations..was experiencing something of an economic miracle.
†6. A preparation for repairing the complexion. Obs. rare—1.
1706Closet of Rarities (Nares), The closet of beauty, or modest instructions for..making..pomatums, reparations, musk-balls [etc.].
7. attrib., as † reparation nail, reparation noble (see quots.); reparation money, reparation payment, etc.
The sing. and the pl. forms are both found.
1657MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., This day Margarett Whitmore was admitted an outsister, and paid her reparacon Noble. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 244 Reparation or Lath Nails, which are used for plain Tile Lathing. 1919J. M. Keynes Econ. Conseq. Peace v. 139 The endless controversy and intrigue between the Allies themselves..culminated in the presentation to Germany of the Reparation Chapter in its final form. 1919Treaty of Peace viii. Art. 234 The Reparation Commission shall after May 1, 1921, from time to time, consider the resources and capacity of Germany. 1930Economist 4 Jan. 11/2 The British delegation has left for the Hague to attend the resumed Reparations Conference. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 717/3 The impossibility of real Reparations payments. 1968Tamarack Rev. Spring 12 ‘We have restored Jewish pride.’ ‘By taking German reparation money?’ 1977Time 10 Jan. 46/1 More than $20 billion of foreign capital has poured in: mostly gifts from Jews abroad, reparations payments from West Germany and U.S. aid.
Hence † repaˈrationer, one who repairs; † repaˈrationing, the act of repairing. Obs.
1520MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., Paied to the ij Reparacioners for ther wagis iijs. vjd. 1536Ibid., Payd for reparacoening att Rollyng. 1547Richmond Wills (Surtees) 65 Y⊇ mendynge and reparacionynge off the hye ways. 1612Sturtevant Metallica (1855) 59 The repairationers, which maintain and mend the instruments. |