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mend

[mend]
–verb (used with object)
1. to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
2. to remove or correct defects or errors in.
3. to set right; make better; improve: to mend matters.
–verb (used without object)
4. to progress toward recovery, as a sick person.
5. (of broken bones) to grow back together; knit.
6. to improve, as conditions or affairs.
–noun
7. the act of mending; repair or improvement.
8. a mended place.
9. mend sail, Nautical. to refurl sails that have been badly furled. Also, mend the furl.
10. on the mend,
a. recovering from an illness.
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME menden, aph. var. of amend
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