mend
v.
c.1200, "to repair," from a shortened form of Old French amender (see amend). Meaning "to put right, atone for, amend (one's life), repent" is from c.1300; that of "to regain health" is from early 15c. Related: Mended; mending.
n.
early 14c., "recompense, reparation," from mend, v.. Meaning "act of mending; a repaired hole or rip in fabric" is from 1888. Phrase on the mend attested from 1802.
词根：mend = to order
来自拉丁语的mend 意为fault。此外，还有意为to order 的mand,mend,请勿混淆。
同源词：
1. emend（指出错误、缺点e<ex(=out) + mend(=fault)）
vt.校正（文件等）；修改
emendation n.校正；修改
emendate v.校正
A good editor emends a text without substantially altering it .优秀的编辑可以在不改动文本的本质内容的基础上对其进行校正。
2. amend
v.修改，修订（规则、法案等）；改善，改进 *a<ab(=away)
amendable adj.可修正的；能改善的
3. amendment
n.（法案等的）修改，修订；修正案；改善 *a<ab(=away)
the Eighteenth amendment 美国宪法第十八条修正案（禁酒令）
4. amends
n.赔偿 *a<ab(=away)
make amends for 为...赔偿
5. mendacious
adj.虚假的；说谎的
mendacity n.虚假；谎言
mendacious newspaper reports 虚假的报纸报道
6. mending
n.（衣物等的）修补；需要修补的东西
a basketful of mending 一篮子等补的衣物
invisible mending 织补
词根：mend = free from fault, 表示“改错”
amend v. 改正，改过（a加强+mend→不断改错→改正）
amendment n. 改正，（宪法）修正
emend v. 校订，改正（e出+mend→改正出错误→改正）
emendation n. 校订
〔李〕[mend] v.修理； 改进； 好转 ←mend (L mendum)=fault 错