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mend v

(transitive) To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged). (figurative) To add fuel to (a fire). To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy. To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right. To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform. In mend one's pace: to adjust (a pace or speed), especially to match that of someone or something else; also, to quicken or speed up (a pace). (archaic) To correct or put right the defects, errors, or faults of (something); to amend, to emend, to fix. (archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else). (archaic) To make amends or reparation for (a wrong done); to atone. (archaic except UK, regional) To restore (someone or something) to a healthy state; to cure, to heal. [...] (intransitive) (figurative) Of an illness: to become less severe; also, of an injury or wound, or an injured body part: to get better, to heal. Of a person: to become healthy again; to recover from illness. (archaic) Now only in least said, soonest mended: to make amends or reparation. (chiefly Scotland) To become morally improved or reformed. [...]

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