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Repair   /rɪpˈɛr/   Listen
Repair

noun
1.
The act of putting something in working order again.  Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation.
2.
A formal way of referring to the condition of something.
3.
A frequently visited place.  Synonyms: hangout, haunt, resort, stamping ground.
verb
(past & past part. repaired; pres. part. repairing)
1.
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.  Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on.  "Repair my shoes please"
2.
Make amends for; pay compensation for.  Synonyms: compensate, indemnify, recompense.  "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
3.
Move, travel, or proceed toward some place.  Synonym: resort.
4.
Set straight or right.  Synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, remedy.  "Rectify the inequities in salaries" , "Repair an oversight"
5.
Give new life or energy to.  Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify.  "This will renovate my spirits" , "This treatment repaired my health"



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"Repair" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the base of supply and repair stations, familiar ground, facility for arranging surprise by counter attack, and power of ...
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... only waiting for you." So said little Robert, and pacing along, His merry Companions came forth in a throng, And on the smooth Grass by the side of a Wood, Beneath a broad oak that for ages had stood, Saw the Children of Earth and the Tenants of Air For an Evening's Amusement together repair. ...
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... leagues from the danger which threatens the colony, and with his face to the west. He must on, but Major Carrington must go back to do his duty to the King, and Anthony Nash must not desert his flock. And you, Woodson, I send back to the Manor to do what you can to repair the havoc there, and to protect Mistress Lettice. My kinsman will go on with me; is it ...
— Prisoners of Hope - A Tale of Colonial Virginia • Mary Johnston
... these things were happening to the boys on the seaplane, Curlie Carson and Joe Marion were working hard to repair the damage done to their radiophone set by the lightning. With the boat pitching about as it was, and with the wind and waves keeping up a constant din, it ...
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... been more mishaps than have been published; more wounded and damaged Zeppelins than the Germans have ever announced. I was informed that the overhauling and repair of many Zeppelins after a successful or unsuccessful raid was a matter, not of days, but of weeks. There was great difficulty in obtaining crews. Most of them are sailors, as are the officers. There have been suppressed mutinies in connection with the ...
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