Repair

Re`pair´ Pronunciation: r?-p?r´

v. i.	1.	To return. I thought . . . that he repaire should again. - Chaucer.
	2.	To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. - Pope.
n.	1.	The act of repairing or resorting to a place. The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. - Clarendon.
	2.	Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair. - Dryden.
v. t.	1.	To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repairing.] Secret refreshings that repair his strength. - Milton. Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness. - Wordsworth.
	2.	To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. - Shak.
n.	1.	Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city. Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. - Milton.
	2.	Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.

Noun	1.	repair - the act of putting something in working order again Synonyms: fixing, mend, mending, reparation, fix, fixture
	2.	repair - a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"
	3.	repair - a frequently visited place Synonyms: hangout, haunt, stamping ground, resort
Verb	1.	repair - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" Synonyms: fix, furbish up, mend, bushel, doctor, touch on, restore Antonyms: bust, break - ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"
	2.	repair - make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" Synonyms: recompense, compensate, indemnify
	3.	repair - move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" Synonyms: resort
	4.	repair - set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" Synonyms: remediate, remedy, amend, rectify
	5.	repair - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Synonyms: reanimate, recreate, revivify, vivify, revive, renovate, animate, quicken