There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him
downward to his first repair.
Dryden.
Re*pair", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Repairing.] [F. réparer, 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.