Definition of "repair"

Secret refreſhings, that repair his ſtrength,

1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], page 44

Do thou, as thou art wont, repair / My heart with gladness,

1807, William Wordsworth, “To the Daisy”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume II, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], page 96

I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.

c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene i]

One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. […] But out of sight is out of mind. And that […] means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.

2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891

The 1300 class (Nos. 1301-16), one of which was damaged beyond repair in an accident, are Co-Cos, weigh 111 tons and have a top speed of 85 m.p.h.

1962 March, J. M. Tolson, “The Netherlands Railways today—I”, in Modern Railways, page 172

Thirteen houses were damaged beyond repair, and much of the rest of the town suffered broken windows and lost slates.

2020 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43

The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.

1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707

There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair.

1668, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, M. DC. LXVI. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], (please specify the stanza number)

Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.

c. 1699 – 1703, Alexander Pope, “The First Book of Statius His Thebais”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717

At the hour of half-past five we repaired to our engagement.

1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XVI, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 111

At a late hour, after I had been in bed some time, I heard the visitors repair to their chambers:

1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IV, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], page 109

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.

1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, page 47

[...] the train engine uncouples and either backs on to the up through line to await its next duty or repairs to the motive power depot.

1960 April, B. Perren, “Resorts for Railfans -30: Bournemouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 239