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+ Repair, to go to a place, and repair, to mend, are different words, from Late Latin repatriāre and Latin reparāre.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: UK /rɪˈpeə/, /rəˈpeə/, US /rɪˈper/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ {{homograph|1|go}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1300|origins=la-lat repatriāre}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ To go is [[inh|enm|repairen]], [[bor|fro|repairier|alt=repairer, repairier|t=to return, come back, frequent]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002) from [[la-lat|repatriāre|t=to return to one's own country]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) It is a doublet of [[repatriate]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ To go to a place, make one's way: about 1300 in Etymonline, before 1300 in Sir Tristrem according to Barnhart.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The noun, resort or habitual going to a place, is from about 1330, and the place one repairs to, a haunt or dwelling, from 1375;^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) both are now archaic.^(SOED 2002) In Scots a ''repair'' was a gathering of people.^(Wright 1898)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1300 – to go to a place.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * c. 1330 – noun, resort.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Verb===
+ # ''(formal)'' To go to a place: ''they repaired to the bar''.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)
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+ {{homograph|2|mend}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1350|origins=la parāre}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ To mend is [[inh|enm|reparen]], later repairen, [[bor|fro|reparer|t=to repair, mend]] and directly from [[la|reparāre|t=to restore, renew]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|re-|t=again]] and [[m|la|parāre|t=to make ready]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[prepare]] and [[reparation]].^(Hoad 1986)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ To restore, mend, put back in good condition: before 1350 in Barnhart, the mid-14th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Middle English it could also mean to adorn.^(SOED 2002) To make amends for an injury is by the 1560s.^(Etymonline) The noun, maintenance or restoration, is from about 1400, and the act of restoring something after decay from the 1590s.^(Etymonline) The state or condition of something, as in the phrase ''good repair'', is from about 1600.^(Etymonline) ''Repairable'' is from 1489 and ''repairman'' from 1871.^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * a. 1350 – to restore.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * c. 1400 – noun, maintenance.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1560s – to make amends.^(Etymonline)
+ * c. 1600 – condition.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1871 – ''repairman''.^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To fix something damaged or broken; to [[mend]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # To put right a wrong or [[relationship]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # The act or work of repairing.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # Condition: ''in good repair''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[reparation]]
+ * [[reparative]]
+ * [[repatriate]]
+ * [[prepare]]
+ * [[repairman]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}