mend

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But that would mend with time--mend, above all, with her position as Aldous's wife.

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  1. transitive verb To make repairs or restoration to; fix.
  2. transitive verb To reform or correct: mend one's ways.
  3. intransitive verb To improve in health or condition: The patient is mending well.

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  1. Middle English menden, short for amenden, to amend; see amend.

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  1. from Middle English menden, by apheresis for amenden, amend: see amend.
  2. from mend, v. Cf. mends.
 

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