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Repair vs. Refurbish

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Repairnoun

The act of repairing something.

‘I took the car to the workshop for repair.’;

Refurbishverb

(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.

Repairnoun

The result of repairing something.

‘If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.’;

Refurbishverb

To furbish anew.

Repairnoun

The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.

‘The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.’;

Refurbishverb

make brighter and prettier;

‘we refurbished the guest wing’; ‘My wife wants us to renovate’;

Repairnoun

The act of repairing or resorting to a place.

‘our annual repair to the mountains’;

Repairnoun

A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.

Repairverb

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’;

Repairverb

To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.

‘to repair a loss or damage’;

Repairverb

To transfer oneself to another place.

‘to repair to sanctuary for safety’;

Repairverb

to pair again

Repairverb

To return.

‘I thought . . . that he repaire should again.’;

Repairverb

To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.

‘Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.’;

Repairverb

To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, 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, repairMy heart with gladness.’;

Repairverb

To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.

‘I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear.’;

Repairnoun

The act of repairing or resorting to a place.

‘The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.’;

Repairnoun

Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.

‘There the fierce winds his tender force assailAnd beat him downward to his first repair.’;

Repairnoun

Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.

‘Sunk down and sought repairOf sleep, which instantly fell on me.’;

Repairnoun

Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.

Repairnoun

the act of putting something in working order again

Repairnoun

a formal way of referring to the condition of something;

‘the building was in good repair’;

Repairnoun

a frequently visited place

Repairverb

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

‘She repaired her TV set’; ‘Repair my shoes please’;

Repairverb

make amends for; pay compensation for;

‘One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich’; ‘She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident’;

Repairverb

move, travel, or proceed toward some place;

‘He repaired to his cabin in the woods’;

Repairverb

set straight or right;

‘remedy these deficiencies’; ‘rectify the inequities in salaries’; ‘repair an oversight’;

Repairverb

give new life or energy to;

‘A hot soup will revive me’; ‘This will renovate my spirits’; ‘This treatment repaired my health’;

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