(ri·pâr′) v.t.
1. To restore to sound or good condition after damage, injury, decay, etc.; mend.
2. To make amends for (an injury); remedy.
3. To make up, as a loss; compensate for. See synonyms under AMEND, RECRUIT.
—noun
1. Restoration, as after decay, waste, injury, etc.; reparation.
2. Condition after use or after repairing: in good repair. [<OF reparer <L reparare <re- again + parare prepare, make ready]
—re·pair′er noun

(ri·pâr′) v.i.
1. To betake oneself; go: to repair to the garden.
2. To return.
—noun
1. The act of repairing, or the place to which one repairs; a haunt.
2. Scot. A concourse of people to a certain spot. [<OF repairer <LL repatriare <re- again + patria native land]