To grow better; to advance to a better state; to improve. We say, a feeble constitution mends daily; a sick man mends, or is convalescent.

To repair, as a breach; to supply a part broken or defective; as, to mend a garment, a road, a mill-dam, a fence.

To correct; to set right; to alter for the better; as, to mend the life or manners.

To repair; to restore to a sound state; as, to mend a feeble or broken constitution.