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, v. i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become
improved. Shak.
Mend"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being mended.
Men*da"cious (?), a. [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.
Men*dac"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Mendacities (#). [L. mendacitas.] 1. The
quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying. Macaulay.