mended

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mended - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mend \Mend\ (m[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mended; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Mending.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See Amend.]
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     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.
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     2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence,
        to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
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              The best service they could do the state was to mend
              the lives of the persons who composed it. --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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     3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
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              Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it
              mends garden herbs and fruit.         --Mortimer.
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              You mend the jewel by the wearing it. --Shak.
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     Syn: To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct;
          rectify; reform.
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