Reparate vs Repair - What's the difference?
reparate | repair |
(obsolescent, rare) Restored]] to a state of good [[repair#Noun, repair; returned to working order.
* For examples of the usage of this term see the .
Gives the Latin etymology and defines the adjective merely as “repaired”; gives one supporting quotation and does not indicate the pronunciation. * “
Gives the Latin etymology and defines the adjective similarly hereto; gives two supporting quotations and does not indicate the pronunciation. ; restore to proper condition.
* For examples of the usage of this term see the .
Make reparation(s).
Make reparation(s) for; redress.
(transitive, chiefly, US) Make reparation to; compensate.
Lists this verb as the same word as , defining it in the transitive senses only. English terms with multiple etymologies ---- The act of repairing something.
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The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
* Milton
* Wordsworth
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
* Shakespeare
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
* Clarendon
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
* Dryden
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.
As verbs the difference between reparate and repair
is that reparate is ; restore to proper condition or reparate can be make reparation(s) while repair is to restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy or repair can be to transfer oneself to another place or repair can be to pair again.As an adjective reparate
is (obsolescent|rare) restored]] to a state of good [[repair#noun|repair; returned to working order.As a noun repair is
the act of repairing something or repair can be the act of repairing or resorting to a place.reparate
English
Etymology 1
From the Classical (etyl) .Adjective
(-)References
* “†?reparate, ppl. a.'']” listed in the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary], second edition (1989)
Gives the Latin etymology and defines the adjective merely as “repaired”; gives one supporting quotation and does not indicate the pronunciation. * “
†reparate, adj.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , draft revision (December 2009)
Gives the Latin etymology and defines the adjective similarly hereto; gives two supporting quotations and does not indicate the pronunciation.
Etymology 2
From the Classical (etyl) .Verb
References
* “reparate, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', draft revision (December 2009)''n.''”, and offering for comparison the related adjective ”.
Gives the Latin etymology, noting “after [http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50202915 REPARATION
Etymology 3
Back-formation from reparation.Verb
Quotations
* For examples of the usage of this term see the .References
* Ole R. Reuter, On the Development of English Verbs from Latin and French Past Participles'' (Helsingfors, 1934),page 155]. * “reparate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , draft revision (December 2009)
reparate 1922 [back-form. f. ''reparation
Lists this verb as the same word as , defining it in the transitive senses only. English terms with multiple etymologies ----
repair
English
Etymology 1
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.
Derived terms
* disrepairVerb
(en verb)- to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship
- to repair a shattered fortune
- secret refreshings that repair his strength
- Do thou, as thou art wont, repair / My heart with gladness.
- to repair a loss or damage
- I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* repairable / reparable, repairerEtymology 2
(etyl) . Cognate to repatriate.Noun
(en noun)- our annual repair to the mountains
- The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.
- There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair .