Part 6957

<h1>Mend</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Mend</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>amend</ets>. See <er>Amend</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>mend</ex> a garment or a machine</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; <as>as, to <ex>mend</ex> one's manners or pace</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The best service they could do the state was to <b>mend</b> the lives of the persons who composed it. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To help, to advance, to further; to add to.</def>

<blockquote>Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it <b>mends</b> garden herbs and fruit. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>You <b>mend</b> the jewel by the wearing it. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct; rectify; reform.</syn>

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<hw>Mend</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Mendable</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Mend"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being mended.</def>

<h1>Mendacious</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men*da"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mendax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, lying, cf. <ets>mentiri</ets> to lie.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Given to deception or falsehood; lying; <as>as, a <ex>mendacious</ex> person</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; <as>as, a <ex>mendacious</ex> statement</as>.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Men*da"cious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Men*da"cious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Mendacity</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men*dac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Mendacities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>mendacitas</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A falsehood; a lie.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Lying; deceit; untruth; falsehood.</syn>

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<hw>Mend"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who mends or repairs.</def>

<h1>Mendiant</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"di*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Mendinant</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>