MEND, v.t. [L. emendo, menda, a fault, spot or blemish.] 1. To repair, as a breach; to supply a part broken or defective; as, to mend a garment, a road, a mill-dam, a fence, &c.2. To correct; to set right; to alter for the better; as, to mend the life or manners.3. To repair; to restore to a sound state; as, to mend a feeble or broken constitution.4. To help; to advance; to make better.This plausible apology does not mend the matter. Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.5. To improve; to hasten. He saw the monster mend his pace.
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