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To make something work again without pretending it never broke.
means To repair or restore something damaged back to a usable or sound condition.
from Mend is a shortened form of 'amend,' which traces back through Old French 'amender' to Latin 'emendare' — to correct a fault, built from 'e-' (out) plus 'menda' (a fault or blemish). So mending was once, quite literally, the act of taking the flaw out of something — not erasing its history, just removing the defect.
- honest repair
- the crack is still there, just holding
- etymology
- short for amend, minus the pretense
- not fix
- fix hides damage, mend admits it
- best used
- fences, bridges, and the occasional heart