Mend

Morpheme

Mend

Type

bound base

Denotation

defect, blemish, mistake, error, blunder, fault, lie, deceit, untruth, dishonest, falsehood, fiction, illusion, counterfeit

Etymology

Latin (1) mendāx and mendīcus, from mendum and (2) menda

Evidence

amend, amendability, amendable, amendation, amended, amendful, amending, amendment, amends, antiamendment, counteramendment, emendate, emendated, emendates, emendating, emendation, emendator, emender, mendaciloquence, mendaciloquent, mendacious, mendaciously, mendaciousness, mendacity, mendicancy, mendicant, mendicants, mendicate, mendicated, mendicates, mendicating, mendication, mendigo, mendigos, nonemendation, preamendment, reamend, reamendment, unamendment, unmendacious

Notes

amendation and emendation are doublets

See Also

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Homographs

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