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.
MEND
Mend, v. i.
Defn: To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. Shak.
MENDABLE
Mend"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being mended.
MENDACIOUS
Men*da"cious, a. Etym: [L. mendax, -acis, lying, cf. mentiri to lie.]
1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person.
2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious
statement.
— Men*da"cious*ly, adv.
— Men*da"cious*ness, n.