Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Repair \Re*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repaired} (-p?rd"); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Repairing}.] [F. r['e]parer, L. reparare; pref.
   re- re- + parare to prepare. See {Pare}, and cf.
   {Reparation}.]
   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.

            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.

   Syn: To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve;
        recruit.

Repair \Re*pair"\ (r?-p?r"), v. i. [OE. repairen, OF. repairier
   to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go
   home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater
   father. See {Father}, and cf. {Repatriate}.]
   1. To return. [Obs.]

            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. --Chaucer.

            Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.
                                                  --Pope.

Repair \Re*pair"\, n. [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See
   {Repair} to go.]
   1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.]
      --Chaucer.

            The king sent a proclamation for their repair to
            their houses.                         --Clarendon.

   2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.]

            There the fierce winds his tender force assail And
            beat him downward to his first repair. --Dryden.

Repair \Re*pair"\, 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.

Source : WordNet®

repair
     n 1: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: {fix},
           {fixing}, {fixture}, {mend}, {mending}, {reparation}]
     2: a formal way of referring to the condition of something;
        "the building was in good repair"
     3: a frequently visited place [syn: {haunt}, {hangout}, {resort},
         {stamping ground}]

repair
     v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn
          or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
          please" [syn: {mend}, {fix}, {bushel}, {doctor}, {furbish
          up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}]
     2: 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" [syn: {compensate}, {recompense}, {indemnify}]
     3: move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to
        his cabin in the woods" [syn: {resort}]
     4: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify
        the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: {rectify},
         {remediate}, {remedy}, {amend}]
     5: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
        "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired
        my health" [syn: {animate}, {recreate}, {reanimate}, {revive},
         {renovate}, {quicken}, {vivify}, {revivify}]