{ } n. [ Cf. L. crepare to crack. ] (Far.) An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. -ances -ancies [ L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant. ] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. [ 1913 Webster ]

There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S. Faber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate. ] Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dissident. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render unprepared. [ Obs. ] Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being in bad condition, and needing repair. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }, n. The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bygone. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of preparation. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. increpatus, p. p. of increpare to upbraid; pref. in- in, against + crepare to talk noisily. ] To chide; to rebuke; to reprove. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. increpatio. ] A chiding; rebuke; reproof. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. irréparabilité. ] The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. irreparabilis: cf. F. irréparable. See In- not, and Reparable. ] Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being irreparable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an irreparable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being prepared. “Medicine preparable by art.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. préparation, L. praeparatio. See Prepare. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will show what preparations there were in nature for this dissolution. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wish the chemists had been more sparing who magnify their preparations. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the preparations of cookery, the most volatile parts of vegetables are destroyed. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An army or fleet. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mus.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Accomplishment; qualification. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. préparatif. ] Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. “A preparative unto sermons.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is done in the way of preparation. “Necessary preparatives for our voyage.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of preparation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praeparator. ] One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. Agassiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praeparatorius: cf. F. préparatoire. ] Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prepared p. pr. & vb. n. Preparing. ] [ F. préparer, L. praeparare; prae before + parare to make ready. See Pare. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

That they may prepare a city for habitation. Ps. cvii. 36 [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make; make; ready. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. “Bid them prepare for dinner.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Preparation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions. -- Pre*par"ed*ly adv. Shak. -- Pre*par"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prepaid p. pr. & vb. n. Prepaying. ] To pay in advance, or beforehand; as, to prepay postage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Payment in advance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pacify again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who repacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Repay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and cf. Repatriate. ] 1. To return. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I thought . . . that he repaire should again. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go. ] 1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There the fierce winds his tender force assail
And beat him downward to his first repair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Repaired p. pr. & vb. n. Repairing. ] [ F. réparer, L. reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to prepare. See Pare, and cf. Reparation. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Secret refreshings that repair his strength. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do thou, as thou art wont, repair
My heart with gladness. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sunk down and sought repair
Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Reparable. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of repairing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. repandus bent backward, turned up; pref. re- re- + pandus bent, crooked. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being reparable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reparabilis: cf. F. réparable. ] Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a reparable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réparation, L. reparatio. See Repair to mend. ] 1. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity; --used, e.g. in the phrase
make reparation,
pay reparations, or
make reparations. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Restoration; repair; restitution; compensation; amends; satisfaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Repairing, or tending to repair. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]