refurbish English
Verb
(es)
To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
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repair English
Etymology 1
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
The act of repairing something.
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The result of repairing something.
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The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
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Derived terms
* disrepair
Related terms
* reparation
Verb
( en verb)
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
- to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship
- to repair a shattered fortune
* Milton
- secret refreshings that repair his strength
* Wordsworth
- Do thou, as thou art wont, repair / My heart with gladness.
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
- to repair a loss or damage
* Shakespeare
- I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* repairable / reparable, repairer
Etymology 2
(etyl) . Cognate to repatriate.
Noun
( en noun)
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
- our annual repair to the mountains
* Clarendon
- The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
* Dryden
- There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair .
Verb
( en verb)
To transfer oneself to another place.
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*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair .
*1850 , , (Jane Eyre)
*:I heard the visitors repair to their chambers.
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*:That finished, I repaired to my room, one flight up, and, after a thorough wash, seated myself, pipe in mouth, at the little window that opened on the Rue Garde. I had nothing more exciting on hand than to wait for word from Von Lindowe. I sincerely hoped that it would not be long, for it is not my forte to sit twiddling my thumbs.
Derived terms
* repatriate
Etymology 3
From .
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