repair
1re·pair
intransitive verb \ri-ˈper\Definition of REPAIR
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
nounDefinition of REPAIR
2
: a popular gathering place
First Known Use of REPAIR
14th century
3repair
verbDefinition of REPAIR
transitive verb
1
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
nounDefinition 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
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