Men"a*gogue (?), n. [F. ménagogue, fr. Gr. mh`n month + &?; leading.]
(Med.) Emmenagogue.
||Me*na"ion (?), n.; pl. Menaia (-yå). [NL., from Gr. &?; monthly.]
||(Eccl.) A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the
||Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same. Shipley.
{ Men"ald (?), Men"ild (?), } a. Covered with spots; speckled;
variegated. [Obs.]
Mend (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mended; p. pr. & vb. n. Mending.]
[Abbrev. fr. amend. See Amend.]
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.
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.