reparation, n.
Forms:
Middle English reparacioun, Middle English reparaciown, Middle English reparasyon, Middle English reparatioun, Middle English reperacioun, Middle English reperacoun, Middle English repracyon, Middle English reprasyon, Middle English–1500s reparacon, Middle English–1500s reparacyon, Middle English–1500s reperacion, Middle English–1600s reparacion, Middle English– reparation, late Middle English repararacion (transmission error), late Middle English repreacyon (transmission error), 1500s raperecioun, 1500s reparacoen, 1500s reparassion, 1500s reperacon, 1500s reperacyon, 1500s repracione, 1500s repration, 1500s reprayson, 1500s–1600s reperation, 1600s repayracion, 1600s repayration; Scottish pre-1700 repairation, pre-1700 repairatione, pre-1700 repairatioun, pre-1700 reparacion, pre-1700 reparacioun, pre-1700 reparacioune, pre-1700 reparacoun, pre-1700 reparatione, pre-1700 reparatioun, pre-1700 reparatioune, pre-1700 repeiratione, pre-1700 reperation, pre-1700 reperatioun, pre-1700 1700s– reparation. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form Middle English reparacyoun. (Show Less)
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Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French reparation; Latin reparation-, reparatio.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman reparacioun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French reparacion, reparation (French reparation ) redemption (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman), action of repairing or restoring (1310; also in spec. use in plural ‘repairs or restoration work’; also in figurative use), recompense for an injury, injustice, etc. (1407; 1918 in spec. use in plural in sense 3c), action of putting right a bad situation (1418) and its etymon post-classical Latin reparation-, reparatio restoration, repairs (4th cent.), spiritual renewal, salvation, redemption (5th cent.) < classical Latin reparāt- , past participial stem of reparāre repair v.2 + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Catalan reparació (1330), Spanish reparación (late 13th cent.), Portuguese reparação (15th cent.), Italian riparazione (14th cent.).
1.
a. An act of replacing or fixing parts of an object or structure in order to keep it in repair, or of restoring an object or structure to good condition by making repairs. Also: a part that has been repaired. Also in extended use. Chiefly in plural. Cf. repair n.2 2b.In quot. c1376: (in plural) work undertaken in order to maintain land in good condition.
c1376 in E. W. W. Veale Great Red Bk. Bristol: Text Pt. II
(1938)
56 (MED)
The Chamburleyns of Bristow..stonde charged with all suche ordenary and necessary reparacions of the seid londz, rentez and tenementez..Pavage and condytes.
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a1382 Bible
(Wycliffite, E.V.)
(Douce 370)
(1850)
2 Chron. xxiv. 5
Gadereth of al Irael monee, to the reparaciouns [a1425 L.V. reparelyng; L. sartatecta] of the temple of the Lord.
1473 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers
(1919)
I. 134 (MED)
Certayn reparacions apon þe were..and oþer longyng to your reparacion.
1479 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds
(1850)
51
All reparacyonys of hegges and houses.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xlvii. 68
They..bete downe the castell, and bare all the stones into their towne to make reparacyons withall.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. iiii
This wayne is made of dyuers peces yt woll haue great reparacion.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Iiiiv
Their houses continewe and laste very longe with litle labour and small reparacions.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 579
One Circamnos..made some small reparations here about this Labyrinth.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 235
Reparations and adornings of Churches and Fences of Church-yards.
1667 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern
(ed. 5)
i. sig. A9v
Many Tenants would neglect these reasonable and necessary reparations.
1710 London Gaz. No. 4643/4
[She] may be fitted to Sea with a moderate Reparation.
1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans II. 226
The like reparations of paintings, pictures, and crucifixes were made in the King's chapel at Whitehall.
1769 J. Hall-Stevenson Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued III. 123
It was written..upon a piece of paper that required some reparations to make it legible.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 355
I would make the reparation as nearly as possible in the style of the building.
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1834 Penny Mag. 26 Apr. 158/2
His successor, Bishop Chichester, found It necessary to commence a reparation of the cathedral on the most extensive scale.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece
(new ed.)
IV. 101
The image of the tutelary goddess was annually stript of its ornaments for the sake of the needful reparations and ablutions.
1872 B. Fletcher Dilapidations i. 2
What reparations he [sc. the tenant] must make under his peculiar holding to satisfy the dilapidations.
1920 J. G. Huneker Steeplejack I. ii. iii. 226
One afternoon, after I had seen the reparations of the Tuileries, I asked how long it had been before the Prussians evacuated Paris.
1998 Times
(Nexis)
4 July
At Fairmead Park, near Huntingdon, Welbeck Homes has not carried out any reparations at all; the houses are unchanged from the 1950s.
c1376—1998(Hide quotations)
†b. The cost of repairing something; a sum of money spent on repairs. Obsolete.
1421 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden
(1923)
9 (MED)
Sir Thomas Merkyngfeld sall hafe..full acsyon and entres for reparacion, wast, and trespace don with-in þe forsaide lande and tenementes.
1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills
(1882)
123 (MED)
The profitz ther-of comyng..ouer reparacions & expenses, to be keppid to his profite.
1472 in J. B. Sheppard Let. Bks. Monastery Christ Church Canterbury
(1889)
257 (MED)
We being oonly bownde to fynde the sied chantry-prests wex, and brede, and wyne, and reparacion of vestments perteynyng to the autyr.
1421—1472(Hide quotations)
c. The action of repairing a damaged, worn, or faulty object or structure by replacing or fixing parts; the fact or process of keeping something in good condition in this way; maintenance, upkeep. Also: the action or process of rebuilding a city. Cf. repair n.2 2a.
?a1425
(▸c1400)
Mandeville's Trav.
(Titus C.xvi)
(1919)
116
Whan the mynystres..neden to maken ony reparacioun [?a1425 Egerton reparailyng] of the chirche..þei taken gold & siluer..out of the vyuere.
?a1475
(▸?a1425)
tr. R. Higden Polychron.
(Harl. 2261)
(1872)
IV. 231
Herodes..[was] namede Ascolonita for the reparacion of a cite callede Ascalon.
c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue
(Univ. Coll. Oxf.)
(1974)
149 (MED)
By the necligence of the maistres and in defaute of good repararacion [altered to reparacion], the wyndes and watyrs had do therto so grete hurt and domage that in diuers parties it [sc. the palace] was redy to synke and falle downe.
1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII
(1896)
207
Reparacion and Amendyng of certeyne Takle.
1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 35
The reparacion and amendment of any the pypes of leade hereafter..broken.
1558 in W. Campbell Hist. Incorporation Cordiners in Glasgow
(1883)
249
Euyrry maister of the said craft sall pay oueklie to the reparatioune of the said alter ane penny scottis [etc.].
a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes
(1630)
27
Stone towards the reparation of such a Castle.
1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre i. 47
And the body of the Athenians, assoone as their Territory was cleere of the Barbarians, went home also,..and went about the reparation of their City & Walles.
1633 G. Herbert Providence in Temple xxxi
Thorns..make A better hedge, and need lesse reparation.
1665 Philos. Trans.
(Royal Soc.)
1 24
The mines need continual reparation, the Fir-trees lasting but a small time under ground.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 192. ⁋2
At last the old hall was pulled down to spare the cost of reparation.
1798 S. H. Wilcocke tr. J. S. Stavorinus Voy. E.-Indies I. ii. iv. 298
His chief occupation consists in superintending the reparation of ships.
1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 74
Unless machines are of a strong and powerful construction, they..require perpetual reparation.
1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest
(ed. 3)
I. App. 648
The original charter records the reparation of the church.
1932 W. E. D. Allen Hist. Georgian People xviii. 215
Giorgi..was more concerned with the careful reparation of the miraculous icon of St. George of Bodchorma by the jeweller Gabriel.
1962 V. J. K. Brook Life Archbishop Parker viii. 120
Measures against fighting..in churchyards were to be strictly enforced, with..a fine for the reparation of the church concerned.
2007 Vancouver Sun
(Nexis)
24 May a3
Building conservators who specialize in reparation of timber buildings.
?a1425—2007(Hide quotations)
2.
a. Restoration of something to good or proper condition, position, or level, compensating for deterioration or decline; an instance of this. Now rare.In quot. 1389: the process of keeping a light burning by supply of fuel.
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds
(1870)
63
He schal payyn, to ye reparacion of ye lythe, di. li. wax.
c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's
(1923)
35
Sum man ioyed..for reparacioun of his goyng that he lackyd.
1586 R. Hooker Disc. Justif. in Wks.
(1888)
III. 489
Holy water,..papal salutations, and such like, which serve for reparations of grace decayed.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xvii. 88
Life..is also conserued by the reparation of natural moysture.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 4) 72
This communication of the Divine nature to us, is by reparation of the divine image in us.
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed ii. 285
The satisfaction consisteth in a reparation of that honour which by the injury was eclipsed.
1691 A. Brown Vindicatory Schedule vii. 103
This motion of the Heart which is nothing but a Pump designed to lay in the alimentitious Juice, and so has for its end a..proportional reparation of the functions and parts suitable to their Consumptsion and Waste.
1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments ii. 19
The..Fluids and Solids [of an Animal Body] demand a constant Reparation.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 6
To attempt schemes for the reparation of his fortune.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 292
You owe me something for reparation of honour.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life
(ed. 2)
608
The Chætopoda appear to have considerable powers of reparation after injury, and the formation of a new head..has been observed.
1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 395/2
Its essential role in curing bone cancer through its power of reparation and restoration of growth cannot be fulfilled.
2005 J. Kalogridis Borgia Bride iv. 59
The reparation of the strained relationship between Naples and the papacy took time.
1389—2005(Hide quotations)
†b. The restoration of a person to a previous condition. Obsolete. rare.
a1652 R. Brome Love-sick Court v. iii. 164 in Five New Playes
(1659)
Could grief recal Philargus, we would weep A second deluge for his reparation.
a1652—a1652(Hide quotations)
c. Healing, esp. of an injury; an instance of this.
1812 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 8 474
The uniform contiguity of the peritoneal surfaces, and the ready disposition of these surfaces to assume the adhesive inflammation, are the means provided by Nature for the reparation of intestinal wounds and injuries.
1829 London Med. Gaz. 17 Jan. 214/1
Neither the decline of the inflammation, nor its absolute cessation, are the same thing with a reparation of the injury done to the organ.
1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 709
[It] showed signs of reparation in three days, and in six weeks the injury was completely repaired.
1959 Radiation Res. 11 340
There was complete reparation of injury from acute exposures of 260 r (in the mouse) within 20 days.
2006 C. Rolf in R. Bartlett et al. Encycl. Internat. Sports Stud. 3 1348/2
No data is published on the metabolic potential in vivo of the tenocyte reparation capacity in a healthy tendon.
1812—2006(Hide quotations)
3.
a. The action of making amends for a wrong or harm done by providing payment or other assistance to the wronged party; an instance of this. Also: payment or assistance given in compensation for such a wrong; an example of this. Frequently with for, of.
1405 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts
(Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.)
(1952)
No. 59
Thai hade takyne..certayne Scottis schippis..in the contrer of the sayde trewis, of the qwhilkis reparacioun & redresse has bene askyte.
1418 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council
(1834)
II. 244
Divers compleintes be maad..for defaulte of reparacioun and restitucion.
?a1424 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers
(1919)
I. 35 (MED)
Man of lawe say here þat þe parson..has his accion as for his reparacions.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron.
(Cambr. Gg.4.12)
(1983)
9
The similitude of þe reparacioun is ful lich þe werk of þe transgression.
1554–5 Aberdeen Burgh Rec. in A. J. Mill Mediaeval Plays in Scotl.
(1927)
152
Thomas..to refound..to me the forsaid sowmes..reparatioune for the causis forsaid.
1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 4
Their meaning was no other, but only to seek reparation of wrongs done vnto them.
1640 S. D'Ewes Jrnl. 3 Feb.
(1923)
318
The effect of all hee saied was that wee weere not suffitientlie authorized to treate of this busines of giving anie reparations to the Scots.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon To Parl. sig. A2v
To defend my self publicly against a printed Calumny..can be no immoderate..course of seeking so just and needfull reparations.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. v. 25
If thou have wronged any man, delay not reparation of his wrong.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 8
It is thought but a just Reparation for the Reproach that he deserved not, to Free him from the Censure he deserved.
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem ii. 13
You were very naught last Night, and must make your Wife Reparation.
1739 Scots Mag. Nov. 571/2
A war, which the repeated violences and depredations committed by the Spanish nations..[and] their obstinate refusal of making reparation for past injuries..have rendered just and unavoidable.
1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. III. i. §13
Every fraudulent contrivance or unwarrantable act by which another suffers damage, or runs the hazard of it, subjects the delinquent to reparation.
1788 Monthly Rev. 79 App. 652
He..had made a vow to read every day two thousand verses of Homer, as a reparation for the injuries which he had received from infidels.
1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat.
(ed. 2)
I. xii. 233
The lower courts [of justice], in which the slowness of reparation is the thing most complained of.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 522
The Roman Catholics were in no condition to demand reparation for injustice.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 4th Ser. i. iii. 33
He..professed himself willing to make reasonable reparation.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 537/2
An action of damages..which was strictly civil in its character and aimed at the reparation of patrimonial loss.
1931 Encycl. Laws Scotl. XII. 485
Reparation was the name given to it by Stair and Bankton, though by the nineteenth century ‘damages’ had become more usual.
1934 Amer. Anthropologist 36 152
The amount of goods given in reparation for the crime.
1979 D. Zillmann Hostility & Aggression iv. 210
The child at the former stage accepts punishment as an atonement or a reparation for offenses and thus should accept being punished for transgressions.
1991 Ms. Nov.–Dec. 62/1
If divorcing, ask for..alimony (reparations for years of unwaged labor), and other joint income.
2006 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 19/1
In exchange for not being prosecuted, offenders agree to rehabilitation or reparation—attending a drug clinic, for example, or cleaning graffiti off a building.
1405—2006(Hide quotations)
†b. Compensation intended to remedy an undesirable situation; an example of this. Frequently with for, of. Obsolete.
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a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile
(Pembr. Cambr. 243)
1864 (MED)
If aforn wer desolatioun, In theym therof was reparatioun.
1590 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl.
(1870)
I. 314
For reparatioun of the dissipat and waistit commoune guid of this burch.
1668 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts
(1727)
560
Health is a valuable Reparation for the Diminution of Plenty.
1740 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist.
(ed. 2)
VII. Contents
The noble generosity of those princes and cities who contributed to the reparation of the losses which the Rhodians had sustained by that calamity [sc. an earthquake].
a1460—1740(Hide quotations)
c. Compensation paid to make amends for war damage; an example of this. Now usually in plural.In early use chiefly with reference to reparations paid by the nations defeated in the First World War (1914–18). These are recounted in the Treaty of Peace (1919) viii. (cf. quot. 1919). The term was subsequently extended to wars in general.
1918 Times 27 Feb. 7/1
The [Labour] Conference ‘emphatically insists’ for Belgium on reparation, payment, and restoration as ‘an independent sovereign State’.
1919 Treaty of Peace
(1920)
viii.
(chapter heading)
Reparation.
1921 Glasgow Herald 28 Oct. 11
The mere purchase of foreign securities to meet reparations..simply means the transference of worthless papers from one body of financiers to another.
1947 Sun
(Baltimore)
2 Apr. 10/2
Reparations to Russia must be paid out of current German production.
1962 Econ. Devel. & Cultural Change 10 290
It was only the beginning of war reparations payments by Japan that prevented further declines in exchange reserves.
1976 C. Bermant Coming Home ii. v. 184
Israel..partly with the help of German reparations..was experiencing something of an economic miracle.
2004 Morning Star
(Nexis)
14 Oct. 1
She demanded the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, followed by the payment of reparations to the Iraqi people.
1918—2004(Hide quotations)
4. Theology. Deliverance from sin and damnation, esp. by the atonement of Christ; salvation, redemption. Also: an instance of this.
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints
(Arun.)
(1938)
1586
In ye ordyr of oure reparacyon Descens it [read is] to jacob, toknynge 'supplantacyon'.
a1500
(▸?c1425)
Speculum Sacerdotale
(1936)
45
A, lady, af alle the world synguler hope of our reparacion.
1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 436 b
Whether it be his..reparation, iustification, glorification, &c., it cometh altogether of the fre grace of god.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Ep. Ded. sig. **ij
Let us..busie our selues in the vniuersall table of mans saluation and reparation.
1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. xxx. 500
When Marie Magdalen treated of the reparation of her own soule, she went her selfe in person, passing through a world of inconueniences.
a1667 A. Cowley Verses on Virgin in Wks.
(1711)
III. 54
The Choir of blessed Angels..wish'd a Reparation to see By him, who Manhood join'd with Deity.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles ix. 109
This is the Universal Redemption and Reparation that all mankind shall have in Christ Jesus.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. vi. iii. 247
He speaks at large of our Reparation by Jesus Christ.
1790 J. Fletcher & J. Benson Rational Vindic. Catholic Faith xiv. 205
The Apostles have..placed the choicest mark of the love of God in the chusing of such means, and performing in that manner our reparation.
1837 J. Pring Christian Modes of Thinking & Doing II. i. iv. 27
Our reparation and salvation must be effected by the grace of God.
1871 R. B. Vaughan Life & Labours S. Thomas of Aquin xx. 535
The ‘formal causes’ of our reparation are the virtues which operate in man through grace—the theological virtues, the cardinal virtues, and the gifts of the Spirit.
1914 F. Morison tr. M. de Agreda City of God xxi. 266
He told them that already the dawn of eternal felicity had commenced and that the reparation of man..had begun.
1447—1914(Hide quotations)
†5. A reconciliation. Obsolete. rare.
c1450
(▸c1380)
G. Chaucer House of Fame
(Fairf. 16)
(1878)
l. 688
Moo nouelries And moo dissymulacions And feyned reparacions.
c1450—c1450(Hide quotations)
†6. Scottish. Furniture, furnishings. Obsolete. rare.
1464 Crown Writ Register House No. 59
Giff thair be graith or reparacions of the altar that misteris reformacon.
1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes
(1839)
I. 301/2
For þe wrangwis..distructioune of þe dikis durris wyndois & vther Reparacioune of þe said Archibaldis place.
1566 J. Knox Hist. Reformation in Wks.
(1846)
I. 360
The townis..culd nocht be satisfeit, till that the hole reparatioun and ornamentis of the Churche (as thay terme it) war distroyed.
1464—1566(Hide quotations)
†7. A cosmetic preparation used to repair the complexion. Obsolete. rare.
1579 H. Heron Kayes of Counsaile vi. sig. Fiv
Women..will not haue their smooth browes with vntimely wrincles to be defaced,..it wer vniust to suffer their beuty to decay for want of reparations, which is the chief cause of their maintenance.
1687 J. Shirley Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities viii. 56
(heading)
The Closet of Beauty, or Modest Instructions for..making..Pomatums, Reparations, Musk-balls [etc.].
1822 R. Heber in Whole Wks. Jeremy Taylor I. p. cccxxx
They..allow their..wives and daughters whatever..concealments and reparations, art and their purses can afford them; yet as to the point of face-mending, they condemn them.
1579—1822(Hide quotations)
Phrases
P1. to keep (up) the reparation (also reparations) : to provide for any necessary repairs. Obsolete.
a1440 Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev.
(1940)
55 642 (MED)
That the sade Simon myght haue the seide cotages..and to kepe vp all the reparacion therof.
?1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers
(2004)
I. 521
They wyle not geue but vj d. for an acre, and they to kepe the reparacion of the plase.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 47v
As long as he payes his rent, and keepes the reparations, it shall not be lawfull to deceiue him.
1591 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester
(1897)
144
He was not hable to kepe the reparacions of the said walles.
a1440—1591(Hide quotations)
†P2. out of reparation (also reparations) : out of repair; in bad condition. Obsolete.
1543 W. Parr in State Papers Henry VIII
(1836)
V. 299
The castell of Morpethe, was soo ferre oute of reparation..that I coulde not convenientlie have lodged therein.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Aaa.iv
If hys barne..be out of reparations: what diligence vseth he to make it in perfite state againe?
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D3v
And twere not for printing, and painting, my breech, and your face would be out of reparation.
1614 B. Rich Honestie of Age
(1844)
30
The world..is..growne so far out of reparations, that (I thinke) there is no hope of amendment.
1822 R. V. Barnewall & E. H. Alderson Rep. Cases King's Bench 5 367
The lessee should pay to the lessor for every such time the premises were out of reparation for the space of three months.
1543—1822(Hide quotations)
P3. in good (also due, etc.) reparation (also reparations) : in good (also due, etc.) condition. Now archaic.
1542 in J. Hodgson Hist. Northumberland: Pt. III
(1828)
II. iii. 214
(note)
A lytle town in measurable good reparacions.
1554 E. Bonner in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials
(1721)
III. App. xvi. 41
Whether such as have churches..do kepe their chauncels and houses in good and sufficyent reparacyons.
1567 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec.
(1883)
I. 119
Kept in due reparation.
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 26
The new-builded Minster, Still kept in notable reparation.
1663 F. Philipps Antiq. Præ-emption & Pourveyance for King iii. 145
The Parishioners tax one another to maintain and keep the other parts of the Church in good reparations.
1711 Law of Covenants xvii. 151
Though it were in good reparations at the beginning, if it afterwards happen to decay, the Plaintiff is first to repair it.
1792 W. Boys Coll. Hist. Sandwich 249
His will gave 13s. 4d. to the parish clerk..to keep his grandfather's tomb, and his first wife's monument, very clean and in good reparation.
1811 W. McLure Jrnl. 23 Aug.
(1988)
xi. 345
The road was in excellent reparation and the country charming.
1905 J. H. Jackson Law Repairs & Improvem. xxvi. 275
The incumbent's duty was to leave the buildings in good reparation.
1981 D. Plante Country 83
My sons bought me this house. The best I can do is keep it in good reparation.
1542—1981(Hide quotations)
†P4. in reparation (also reparations) : in good or proper condition; in repair. Obsolete.
1565 J. Stow Summarie Eng. Chrons. f. 77v
A colledge of priestes: who builded the bridge of timber, and from tyme to tyme kepte the same in reparations.
1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. Diiiv
Taking the tongs in hir hand, to keepe the fire in reparations.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 215 b
Keeping the houses in reparations.
1686 J. Collier Difference Present & Future State Bodies 33
Let it not therefore be our great aim to keep our Bodies in Reparation, and ingloriously slumber out our time for fear of wearing them out too fast.
1701 State Part of Yorks. Hatfield Chase 12
Skye House..shall hereafter be kept in reparation by the said Sr. Cornelius.
1829 T. Platt Pract. Treat. Law Covenants i. ii. 66
Whenever the covenants are conversant about the land, as that the thing demised shall be quietly enjoyed, or shall be kept in reparations..they are said to be inherent.
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Compounds
General attributive.
a. In singular.
1591 in A. Palmer Tudor Churchwardens' Accts.
(1985)
145
Paid the same day for half M of reparacion nailes ixd.
1642 Inventory 28 Oct. in W. H. Browne Arch. Maryland
(1887)
IV. 97
3. thousand of reparation nailes.
1657 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury
(MS)
This day Margarett Whitmore was admitted an outsister, and paid her reparacon Noble.
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 8
Reparation or Lath Nails, which are used for plain Tile Lathing.
1886 Physician & Surgeon 8 440
The reparation period simply consists in a budding-like of the embryonic conjunctive tissue.
1919 J. M. Keynes Econ. Consequences Peace v. 139
The endless controversy and intrigue between the Allies themselves..culminated in the presentation to Germany of the Reparation Chapter in its final form.
1968 Tamarack Rev. Spring 12
‘We have restored Jewish pride.’ ‘By taking German reparation money?’
2006 Courier-Mail
(Brisbane)
6 May 23/5
Judge Garry Forno sentenced [him]..to three years jail to be released after six months with conditions. A reparation order for $62,420.13 was also made.
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b. In plural (in sense 3c), as reparations commission, reparations money, reparations payment, etc.
1919 Times 1 Mar. 10/2
Signor Crespi has presented to the Reparations Commission of the Peace Conference a statement.
1930 Economist 4 Jan. 11/2
The British delegation has left for the Hague to attend the resumed Reparations Conference.
1952 J. B. Harrison This Age Global Strife iv. 40
Germany made reparations payments for several years under the Dawes Plan with money borrowed mostly from American citizens.
1977 Time 10 Jan. 46/1
More than $20 billion of foreign capital has poured in: mostly gifts from Jews abroad, reparations payments from West Germany and U.S. aid.
2001 M. Weinstein Yiddish xviii. 245
Parts of the Vilna collection have been microfilmed, courtesy of war reparations money from Germany.
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Derivatives
† reparationer n. Obsolete a repairer.
1520 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4)
Paied to the ij Reparacioners for ther wagis iijs. vjd.
1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica vi. 57
The repairationers, which maintaine and mend the instruments.
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