burnt; scorched
archaic, (sun) burned or scorched; dried up by heat; gloomy, sad.
To make amendments to.
1. To compare critically; of texts.
2. To assemble in proper sequence; SYN. collect.
compare closely; classify; gather the pages (of a document) into their proper sequence.
To make right or correct; SYN. right.
1. To make improvements or corrections to; of texts.
2. To make alterations to (a text).
To set straight or right; SYN. remedy, amend.
1. To put in order again; to set right.
2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury.
3. To make amends or compensation for.
ETYM Old Eng. repairen, Old Fren. repairier to return, from Latin repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, from pater father. Related to Father, Repatriate.
1. To restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; SYN. mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on.
2. To restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; fix; to restore to a sound or healthy state; renew.
3. To make good; compensate for; remedy.
Intransitive verb; to make repairs.
1. To bring back something which was lost or which had been thrown away.
2. To recover.
3. To be capable of retrieving; said of dogs.
1. To free from flexure, as of a bow.
2. To release from mental strain, tension, or formality
3. To unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay.