mends

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Verb

mends

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mend

Noun

mends

1. plural of mend
2. Obsolete form of amends.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 69:

     she has the mends in her own hands.