单词 | repairment |
释义 | repairmentn.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoring something lost or damaged repairmenta1400 replacing1630 reinstatement1782 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 49 Do þat pece [of chipped bone] awey & regenere in þe place of þe boon þat..was lost a repeirement [?a1450 BL Add. repairment; L. reparamentum]. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 76 (MED) It myȝte make a good & a strong repeirement of þe boon þat was to broke. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 12 Þer schal be amaner of restorynge ymaad, in þe place of þe boon þat was broken or kutt, which is clepid Porus sarcoides or ellis caro porroides, for þat repeyrement is more neischer þan þe boon and harder þan þe fleisch. 2. The action or fact of repairing something (in various senses of the verb); reparation; repair.Quot. 1836 is a transcription error for repaiement (repayment n.) in 1613 Order Bk. 9 Nov. (P.R.O.: E 403/2733) f. 20. ΚΠ 1836 F. Devon Issues Exchequer James I App. 313 Repairment is to be made unto the said Sir Edward Zouche of the said sum of 58l. 10d. 1845 W. Bolles Explanatory & Phonographic Pronouncing Dict. Eng. Lang. Repairment, the act of repairing; reparation. 1857 Minutes Gen. Assembly Presbyterian Church U.S.A. 415 Scarcely a Presbytery has omitted to record the erection or repairment of church edifices, in many instances at great cost. 1898 Science 15 July 76/2 The protection of rural scenes and landscapes and town prospects from such disfigurement or repairment as is not justified by considerations of public utility. 1940 W. C. Reckless Criminal Behaviour xiv. 260 The law of wrongs in which injured parties or their confederates sought repairment from the wrongdoer. 2002 W. D. Wright Black Hist. & Black Identity vi. 145 Washington was able to encourage a reparation (i.e., an intellectual, psychological, moral, and spiritual repairment of blackness and Blackness in a direct fashion) only in a minor way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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