mend （‘make better, improve’ in various contexts is the most freq. sense)
1.
to reform
H8 III. i. 104
“hollow hearts I fear
ye. 'em”
; refl.
Tw.N. I. v. 49
“bid the dishonest man
himself”
; intr.=refl.
Meas. III. ii. 28
“go ,”
Tw.N. I. v. 49
“if he ,”
Lr. II. iv. 232
“ when
thou canst.”
2.
to make amends for,
atone for
Cor. III. ii. 26
“You must return and
it”
; (hence) to remedy, ‘help’
R2 II. iii. 153, III. ii. 100.
3.
to adjust, set right
All'sW. III. ii. 7
“ the ruff,”
Ant. V. ii. 321
“Your crown's awry; I'll
it.”
4.
to restore to health
2H4 I. ii. 125
“heaven him!”
; intr. to get better, recover one's health
Ado V. ii. 98
“love me, and ”
; (of a malady) to abate
Tim. V. i. 192
“My long sickness . . .
now begins to mend.”
5.
to improve by
addition, increase the value of
Shr. I. ii. 154
“I'll it with a
largess,”
Tim. I. i. 173
“You the jewel by the
wearing it,”
Ant. I. v. 45
“To mend the petty
present.”
6.
to supplement, supply
the deficiency of
Err. IV. iii. 59
“we'll mend our dinner
here,”
H8 I. iv. 61.
7.
to grow better in
quality, do better, improve MND. V. ii. 55 [i. 431], Tw.N. I. v. 79, Cor. I. iv. 38, Ant. I. iii. 82.
8.
to improve upon,
better
LLL. V. ii. 330
“in ushering him who can,”
AYL. III. ii. 72
“ the
instance.”
9.
in asseverations and
pious wishes
AYL. IV. i. 199
“so God mend me,”
1H4 III. i. 254,
Rom. I. v. 83
“God shall my soul;”
H8 I. ii. 201
“God all!,”
Cym. V. v. 68.
