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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mend \Mend\, verb (used without an object) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal. --Shak. [1913 Webster +PJC]
{on the mend} pred. a. recovering from an illness or injury. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mend \Mend\ (m[e^]nd), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Mended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mending}.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See {Amend}.]
1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it. --Sir W. Temple.
3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit. --Mortimer.
You mend the jewel by the wearing it. --Shak.
Syn: To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct; rectify; reform.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" [syn: {mend}, {patch}, {darn}]
2: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: {repair}, {fix}, {fixing}, {fixture}, {mend}, {mending}, {reparation}]
verb
1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: {repair}, {mend}, {fix}, {bushel}, {doctor}, {furbish up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}, {bust}]
2: heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" [syn: {mend}, {heal}]
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