v. t. & i. [ OF. empeirier, F. empire. See Impair. ] To impair; to grow worse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and cf. Repatriate. ]
I thought . . . that he repaire should again. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go. ]
The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
There the fierce winds his tender force assail
And beat him downward to his first repair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Secret refreshings that repair his strength. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Do thou, as thou art wont, repair
My heart with gladness. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Sunk down and sought repair
Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Reparable. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Act of repairing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and cf. Repatriate. ]
I thought . . . that he repaire should again. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go. ]
The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
There the fierce winds his tender force assail
And beat him downward to his first repair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Secret refreshings that repair his strength. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Do thou, as thou art wont, repair
My heart with gladness. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Sunk down and sought repair
Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Reparable. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Act of repairing. [ 1913 Webster ]