- (v.t.) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
- (v.t.) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
- (v.i.) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
- (v.t.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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