repair

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
repair1

▶verb

• 1 restore (something damaged, worn, or faulty) to a good condition.

• 2 set right (a rift in relations).

▶noun

• 1 the action of repairing.

  ■ a result of this.

• 2 the relative physical condition of an object.

– derivatives
repairable adjective,
repairer noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. reparer, from L. reparare, from re- ‘back’ + parare ‘make ready’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
repair2

▶verb (repair to) formal or humorous go to (a place). ▶noun archaic an abode or haunt.

■ frequent or habitual visiting of a place.

– origin ME: from OFr. repairer, from late L. repatriare (see repatriate).