Definitions
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- adjective rare
Restored to a state of goodrepair ;returned to workingorder . - verb transitive
Repair ; make reparate; restore to propercondition . - verb intransitive Make
reparation (s). - verb transitive Make
reparation (s) for;redress . - verb transitive Make
reparation to;compensate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Americans should reparate to us the damages caused by this toxic debt, Brown should be seeking reparation from S&P for rating this debt as AAA, we wouldnt be sitting here looking at the abyss if we had joined the Euro, oh things are tough in Europe but they are a collective club that supports the worst hit.
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"This acquisitiveness invites, as a matter of course, retortion by those who suffer most from its consequences either to reparate injuries or end injustices (real or perceived).
ANC Today 2006
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"This acquisitiveness invites, as a matter of course, retortion by those who suffer most from its consequences either to reparate injuries or end injustices
ANC Today 2006
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Surgite, XUrdani Cives, tnamphAtimquo cajptis Imperium reparate Gcaiis*
Matthiae Casimiri Sarbievii e Societate Jesu, Carmina Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Joannes Michael van der Ketten 1791
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