repair

¹re·pair

intransitive verb \ri-ˈper\

Definition of REPAIR

1

a : to betake oneself : go <repaired to the judge's chambers>

b : to come together : rally

2

obsolete : return

Origin of REPAIR

Middle English, from Anglo-French repairer to go back, return from Late Latin repatriare to go home again, from Latin re- + patria native country — more at expatriate

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with REPAIR

affair, aglare, airfare, Ajmer, Altair, antbear, armchair, au pair, aware, bakeware, barware, Basseterre, Baudelaire, beachwear, bergère, beware, bid fair, big hair, black bear, bricklayer, broodmare, brown bear, bugbear, caneware, carfare, Carrère, cave bear, chi-square, clayware, club chair, compare, compere, confrere, cookware, corsair, courseware, creamware, crosshair, cudbear, daymare, dead air, decare, deck chair, declare, delftware, despair, dishware, éclair, elsewhere, ensnare, eyewear, fanfare, fieldfare, firmware, flatware, Flaubert, footwear, forbear, forebear, forswear, foursquare, freeware, funfair, galère, giftware, glassware, Great Bear, groupware, Gruyère, guard hair, hardware, health care, hectare, high chair, horsehair, hot air, impair, infare, Khmer, Kildare, knitwear, life-care, light air, longhair, loungewear, Mayfair, menswear, meunière, midair, mohair, Molière, neckwear, nightmare, no fair, outstare, out-there, outwear, playwear, plein air, plowshare, Poor Clare, Port Blair, portiere, premiere, prepare, pushchair, rainwear, redware, root hair, Sancerre, sea hare, shank's mare, shareware, shorthair, side chair, Sinclair, skiwear, sleepwear, slipware, sloth bear, software, somewhere, spongeware, sportswear, stemware, stoneware, sun bear, swimwear, threadbare, tinware, torchère, trouvère, tuyere, unfair, unhair, unswear, Voltaire, warfare, welfare, wheelchair, wirehair, workfare

²repair

noun

Definition of REPAIR

1

: the act of repairing : resort

2

: a popular gathering place

First Known Use of REPAIR

14th century

³repair

verb

Definition of REPAIR

transitive verb

1

a : to restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken : fix <repair a shoe>

b : to restore to a sound or healthy state : renew <repair his strength>

2

: to make good : compensate for : remedy <repair a gap in my reading>

intransitive verb

: to make repairs

— re·pair·abil·i·ty \-ˌper-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— re·pair·able \-ˈper-ə-bəl\ adjective

— re·pair·er \-ˈper-ər\ noun

Origin of REPAIR

Middle English, from Anglo-French reparer, from Latin reparare, from re- + parare to prepare — more at pare

First Known Use: 14th century

⁴repair

noun

Definition of REPAIR

1

a : an instance or result of repairing

b : the act or process of repairing

c : the replacement of destroyed cells or tissues by new formations

2

a : relative condition with respect to soundness or need of repairing

b : the state of being in good or sound condition

First Known Use of REPAIR

15th century