Shak.
Syn. -- To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit.
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.
Re*pair"a*ble (-?*b'l), a. Reparable. Gauden.
Re*pair"er (-?r), n. One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or
makes amends.
Re*pair"ment, n. Act of repairing.
Re*pand" (r?*p?nd), a. [L. repandus bent backward, turned up; pref. re-
re- + pandus bent, crooked.] (Bot. & Zool.) Having a slightly
undulating margin; -- said of leaves.
Rep`a*ra*bil"i*ty (r?p`?-r?-b?l"?-t?), n. The quality or state of being
reparable.
Rep"a*ra*ble (r?p"?-r?-b'l), a. [L. reparabilis: cf. F. réparable.]
Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made
good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.
Rep"a*ra*bly, adv. In a reparable manner.
Rep`a*ra"tion (-r?"sh?n), n. [F. réparation, L. reparatio. See Repair
to mend.] 1. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of
being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a
highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used. Arbuthnot.
2. The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for
a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends;
satisfaction; indemnity.
I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and
make what reparation I am able.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Restoration; repair; restitution; compensation; amends;
satisfaction.
Re*par"a*tive (r?-p?r"?-t?v), a. Repairing, or tending to repair. Jer.
Taylor.
Re*par"a*tive, n. That which repairs. Sir H. Wotton.
Re*par"el (-?l), n. [Cf. Reapparel.] A change of apparel; a second or
different suit. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Rep`ar*tee" (r?p`3r-t?"), n. [F. repartie, fr. repartir to reply,
depart again; pref. re- re- partir to part, depart. See Part.] A smart,
ready, and witty reply.
Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee.
Prior.
Syn. -- Retort; reply. See Retort.
Rep`ar*tee", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reparteed (-t?d"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reparteeing.] To make smart and witty replies. [R.] Prior.
||Re`par*ti`mi*en"to (r?`p?r-t?`m?-?n"t?), n. [Sp., fr. repartir to
||divide.] A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an
||assessment of taxes. W. Irving.
Re`par*to"tion (r?-p?r-t?sh"?n), n. Another, or an additional,
separation into parts.
Re*pass" (r?-p?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + pass: cf. F. repasser. Cf.
Repace.] To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite
direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to
repass the sea.
Re*pass", v. i. To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing
and repassing before our eyes.
Re*pas"sage (r?-p?s"s?j;48), n. The act of repassing; passage back.
Hakluyt.
Re*pas"sant (r?-p?s"sant), a. [Cf. F. repassant, p. pr.] (Her.)
Counterpassant.
Re*past" (r?-p?st"), n. [OF. repast, F. repas, LL. repastus, fr. L.
repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- + pascere, pastum, to pasture,
feed. See Pasture.] 1. The act of taking food.
From dance to sweet repast they turn.
Milton.
2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment.
"Sleep . . . thy best repast." Denham.
Go and get me some repast.
Shak.
Re*past", v. t. & i. To supply food to; to feast; to take food. [Obs.]
"Repast them with my blood." Shak.
He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting
of our minds.
Milton.