to keep (up) the reparation (also reparations): to provide for any necessary repairs. Obsolete.

intransitive. To make a clumsy addition or repair; to patch. Also: to carry out a task badly or incompetently.

in repair: in good or proper condition; in order. Frequently in to keep (also put) in repair.

transitive. To restore (a damaged, worn, or faulty object or structure) to good or proper condition by replacing or fixing parts; to mend, fix. Also…

transitive. With object and infinitive: to cause (a person or thing) to do something. intransitive. to make do: to manage with (what is…